Unlock Elite Access: Level Up Your Preparation with Exclusive Content

History Optional PYQ Master Pack · Model answer

Give an estimate of Akbar as a promoter of technology.

  • UPSC 2009
  • Akbar

Akbar's reign produced a genuinely striking record of technical curiosity and craft patronage, but the "estimate" the question asks for must weigh that record against the absence of anything resembling a modern, systematic innovation policy.

You are reading the opening of the model answer. The full answer is part of the History Optional PYQ Master Pack.

What the full answer covers

  • Military Technology: Firearms and Artillery
  • Water Management and Irrigation
  • The Karkhanas: Institutionalising Craft Innovation
  • An Estimate: Personal Curiosity or Systematic Policy?

Unlock this answer and 1,350+ more

  • 1,350+ solved UPSC History Optional PYQs from 1985 to 2025, Paper-1 and Paper-2
  • Topic-wise across Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Post-Independence and World History
  • Model answers with a clear structure and historian citations
  • Map section solutions included, at no extra cost
  • Read online on lotusarise.com, plus PDF download

₹1,499₹2,50040% off

Get History Optional PYQ Master Pack @ ₹1,499 →

One-time payment · No subscription · Instant access · UPI, cards, RuPay

See every Akbar question (33 solved) →Already enrolled? Log in