Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

As mentioned in Ain, what was the name of the method of revenue collection by the mansabdars (in kind) in which it was decided, if any doubt arises, the crops should be cut and estimated in three lots, the good, the middling, and the inferior, and the hesitation removed?

Options:

Kankut

Khet-batai 

Bhaoli

Lang batai 

Correct Answer:

Kankut

Explanation:

Kankut (as mentioned in Ain, one of the methods of revenue collection by the mansabdars, in-kind)-  kankut, in the Hindi language, Kan signifies grain, and kut, estimates. If any doubt arises, the crops should be cut and estimated in three lots, the good, the middling, and the inferior, and the hesitation removed.