Match List-I (Term) with List-II (Meaning).List-IList-II(A) Medium pr…

Match List-I (Term) with List-II (Meaning).

List-I	List-II
(A) Medium produce	(I) Payment of a mansabdar in cash
(B) Royal dues	(II) One-third of the medium produce
(C) Amin	(III) Official who ensured imperial regulations were carried out in the provinces
(D) Naqdi	(IV) A third of the added produce of good, middling and bad land

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → A-IV, B-II, C-III, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Medium produce	(IV) A third of the added produce of good, middling and bad land	Good, middling and bad land were added together, and <strong>a third of the total</strong> was taken as the medium produce.
(B) Royal dues	(II) One-third of the medium produce	The state took <strong>one-third of the medium produce</strong> as its share, called the Royal dues.
(C) Amin	(III) Official who ensured imperial regulations were carried out in the provinces	The <strong>amin</strong> was an official who made sure imperial regulations were carried out in the provinces.
(D) Naqdi	(I) Payment of a mansabdar in cash	Some mansabdars were paid in cash, called <strong>naqdi</strong>; most were paid through jagirs.

NCERT (2026-27): “6. Land Revenue System …
and bad. They add together the produce of each sort, and the third of this represents the medium produce,”

“The Mughal administrative system had at its apex a militarycum-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. …”