Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

Who was the "Shroff" as mentioned by the seventeenth-century French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier?

Options:

Policeman

Money-Changer

Village-Accountant

Revenue-Collector

Correct Answer:

Money-Changer

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Money-Changer

The seventeenth-century French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier found it remarkable that in “India a village must be very small indeed if it has not a money changer called a Shroff. (They) act as bankers to make remittances of money (and who) enhance the rupee as they please for paisa and the paisa for these (cowrie) shells”.