Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

Which of the following statement is incorrect about Tobacco?

A- It arrived first in the Deccan.
B- The Ain mentions tobacco in the lists of crops produced in Northern India.
C- Akbar and his nobles came across tobacco for the first time in 1604.
D- Jahangir banned tobacco due to its addiction.
E- By the end of the seventeenth century, tobacco was completely banned and was found nowhere in India. 

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

A and E

B and C

B and E

A and D

Correct Answer:

B and E

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3- B and E

Given statements:

A- It arrived first in the Deccan. (Correct)
B- The Ain mentions tobacco in the lists of crops produced in Northern India. (Incorrect)
C- Akbar and his nobles came across tobacco for the first time in 1604. (Correct)
D- Jahangir banned tobacco due to its addiction.(Correct)
E- By the end of the seventeenth century, tobacco was completely banned and was found nowhere in India. (Incorrect)

 

The spread of tobacco: This plant, which arrived first in the Deccan, spread to northern India in the early years of the seventeenth century. The Ain does not mention tobacco in the lists of crops in northern India. Akbar and his nobles came across tobacco for the first time in 1604. At this time smoking tobacco (in hookahs or chillums) seems to have caught on in a big way. Jahangir was so concerned about its addiction that he banned it. This was totally ineffective because by the end of the seventeenth century, tobacco had become a major article of consumption, cultivation and trade all over India.