Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

Match List I with List II.

LIST I
  Types of lands  

LIST II
Period of cultivation

 A. Banjar

 I. Annually cultivated and never allowed to lie fallow  

 B. Parauti

 II. Left out of cultivation for a time

 C. Polaj

 III. Left fallow for three or four years

 D. Chachar

 IV. Uncultivated for five years or more

 Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Correct Answer:

A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → A-IV, B-II, C-I, D-III

The correct match is:

LIST I
  Types of lands  

LIST II
Period of cultivation

 A. Banjar

 IV. Uncultivated for five years or more

 B. Parauti

 II. Left out of cultivation for a time

 C. Polaj

 I. Annually cultivated and never allowed to lie fallow 

 D. Chachar

 III. Left fallow for three or four years

Different types of land mentioned in Ain- 

  • Polaj, land which is annually cultivated for each crop in succession and is never allowed to lie fallow.
  • Parauti, land left out of cultivation for a time that it may recover its strength.
  • Chachar, land that has lain fallow for three or four years.
  • Banjar, land that is left uncultivated for five years and more.