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UPSC 2003: Assertion (A): Emperor Akbar marched towards Afghanistan in 1581 with a huge army. Reason (R): He was on his way to reclaim his ancestral country of Ferghana in Central Asia.
(a)Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b)Both A and R are individually true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
(c)A is true but R is false
(d)A is false but R is true
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) A is true but R is false
Akbar did advance with a large force toward Afghanistan in 1581 to subdue the revolt of his half-brother Mirza Hakim and secure Kabul, so the Assertion is correct. Ferghana (in present-day Uzbekistan) had long been lost to the Mughals and Akbar never sought to ‘reclaim’ it, making the Reason false; hence A is true but R is false (option c). ([aspireias.com](https://www.aspireias.com/upsc-general-study-10years-paper/medievalhistory?utm_source=openai))
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