Who was the official responsible for ensuring that imperial regulations were carried out in the provinces during the Mughal period?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Amin
The amin was an official responsible for ensuring that imperial regulations were carried out in the provinces.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| 11-05 S1* | 30-05 S1* | – | 02-07 S3 | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): “6. Land Revenue System … Revenue from the land was the economic mainstay of the Mughal Empire. It was therefore vital for the state to create an administrative apparatus to ensure control over agricultural production, and to fix and collect revenue from across the length and breadth of the rapidly expanding empire. This apparatus included the office (daftar) of the diwan who was responsible for supervising the fiscal system of the empire. Thus revenue officials and record keepers penetrated the agricultural domain and became a decisive agent in shaping agrarian relations.… Amin was an official responsible for ensuring that imperial regulations were carried out in the provinces.” |