Identify the wrong pair from the following options.

The correct answer is Option (3) → Sadr-us-Sudur - Army Commander

The question asks for the pair that is wrongly matched, so each pair is checked.

Option (1) Zat - position in the imperial hierarchy. — Correct statement. Every holder of a government office held a rank (mansab) with two numbers; zat was an indicator of position in the imperial hierarchy and of the salary of the mansabdar.

Option (2) Sawar - number of horsemen to be maintained by each mansabdar. — Correct statement. The second number, sawar, indicated the number of horsemen the mansabdar was required to maintain in service.

Option (3) Sadr-us-Sudur - Army Commander — Incorrect statement. The sadr-us sudur was not an army commander. He was the minister of grants (madad-i maash) and was in charge of appointing local judges or qazis.

Option (4) Diwan-i-Ala - Finance Minister — Correct statement. The diwan-i ala was the finance minister, one of the important ministers at the centre beside the mir bakhshi and the sadr-us sudur.

Note: This question is taken from the chapter ‘Kings and Chronicles’ which was there in the pre-rationalised NCERT and has been deleted from subsequent editions of NCERT, including the NCERT book (2026-27).