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History GK · Q165

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Competitive Exams · History GK · question 165

Q165

Assertion (A): Akbar's official historian Abul Fazl neither gives the prices of slaves nor does he mention slave markets. Reason (R): Akbar prohibited slave trade in his empire

A.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B.
Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation of A
C.
A is true but R is false
Answer
D.
A is false but R is true

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Far more than today, women then lived in a man’s world. In peace time they existed within the constraints of religious dogma and ritual, accentuated among the Hindus by the rigid caste system. In war, if they were not slaughtered ― and sometimes they were ― they became the bounty of the victor or were taken into slavery.