Who translated Ramayana into Persian in accordance with the wishes of Akbar?

The correct answer is B) Abdul Qadir Badauni. Under Akbar's patronage, Badauni, along with Naqib Khan and other scholars, rendered the Ramayana into Persian. Badauni recorded this work in his Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh, a critical history that he did not publish in his lifetime.

• A) Abul Fazal is wrong. He wrote the Akbarnama and the Ain-i-Akbari and wrote the preface to the Mahabharata translation, but he did not translate the Ramayana.
• C) Faizi is wrong. He co-translated the Mahabharata, known as the Razmnama, and was a noted Persian poet, but he is not the Ramayana translator.
• D) Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana is wrong. He was a noble and patron of poets, and he rendered the Baburnama into Persian. He is not linked to the Ramayana translation.

This sits in the Medieval India segment on Akbar's policy of sulh-i-kul and the translation bureau that turned Sanskrit works into Persian. For Mains, it helps you discuss how state patronage shaped cultural synthesis.

Trap: Aspirants mix up the Ramayana and the Mahabharata (Razmnama), and pick Faizi or Abul Fazal because they are the famous names from the translation bureau.