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UGC NET December 2015 History
All are correct except:
AFatehpur Sikri is a skilful combination of arcuate and trabeate forms.
BRed sandstone is the principal material used for the construction of Agra fort and the city of Fatehpur Sikri.
CFatehpur Sikri was planned after Akbar's religious ideas had received their final form. ✓ Correct
DAkbar's own mausoleum at Sikandra was completed under his son Jahangir.
Correct answer: (C) Fatehpur Sikri was planned after Akbar's religious ideas had received their final form. — The statement about the planning of Fatehpur Sikri is not correct, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The statement about the planning of Fatehpur Sikri is not correct, so that is the answer.
★Akbar built the walled city of Sikri after the birth of his son Salim.
★It was named Fatehpur Sikri, the city of victory, after his Gujarat campaign of 1573.
★So it was planned early, not after his religious ideas took final form.
★The other statements about its architecture and material are correct.
★Akbar's tomb at Sikandra was indeed completed under Jahangir.
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