Consider the following authors and their works: Author Work 1. Abul Fazal Ain-i-Akbari 2. Abdul Hamid Lahori Akbar Nama 3. Muhammad Kazim Alamgir Nama Which of the above given pair is/are correctly matched?

[A] 2 and 3 only

[B] 1 and 2 only

[C] 1 and 3 only

[D] 1, 2 and 3 only

Answer: C

Notes:

Persian, Sanskrit and regional languages developed during the Mughal rule.

Persian was the language of administration in Mughal Empire and the Deccan states.
It influenced even the Rajput states where Persian words were used in administration.
Abul Fazal patronised by Akbar compiled the history of Akbar in Akbar Nama and described Mughal administration in his work Ain-i-Akbari.
The Ain-i-Akbari is commendable for its interest in science, statistics, geography and culture.
Akbar Namah was emulated by Abdul Hamid Lahori and Muhammad Waris in their joint work Padshah Nama, a biography of Shah Jahan.

Later Muhammad Kazim in his Alamgir Nama, a work on the reign of the first decade of Aurangzeb, followed the same pattern.

Source: Tamil Nadu state board.