Which of the following is a method of payment of the mansabdars in the sixteenth-seventeenth centuries?

Both options, 1 and 2

The Mughal administrative system had at its apex a military- cum-bureaucratic apparatus (mansabdari) which was responsible for looking after the civil and military affairs of the state.
Some mansabdars were paid in cash ( naqdi), while the majority of them were paid through assignments of revenue (jagirs) in different regions of the empire. They were transferred periodically.

Following were the options:

Option 1- Naqdi

Option 2- Jagir

Option 3- Both options, 1 and 2.

Option 4- Neither 1 nor 2.

Thus Option 3 is the correct answer.