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 after cutting the grain, they formed it in heaps and divided it among themselves, and each took his share home and turned it to profit?

Options:

Kankut

Khet-batai   

Batai

Lang batai 

Correct Answer:

Lang batai 

Explanation:

As mentioned in Ain, Lang Batai is one of the methods of revenue collection by the mansabdars, in-kind.

Lang batai: After cutting the grain, they form it in heaps and divide it among themselves, and each takes his share home and turns it to profit.