Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:
The Mughal administrative system had at its apex a military cum-bureaucratic apparatus which was know as ______________system. This system was responsible for looking after the civil and military affairs of the state. Name this system.
Options:
Pargana
Mansabdari
Ryatwari
Amindari
Correct Answer:
Mansabdari
Explanation:
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.