Match List - I with List - II:
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Polaj | (I) | Land lain fallow for 3-4 years |
| (B) | Parauti | (II) | Land uncultivated for 5 years |
| (C) | Chachar | (III) | Land annually cultivated |
| (D) | Banjar | (IV) | Land left out of cultivation for time to recover |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)
(A) Polaj — this matches (III) Land annually cultivated. Polaj is land which is annually cultivated for each crop in succession and is never allowed to lie fallow.
(B) Parauti — this matches (IV) Land left out of cultivation for time to recover. Parauti is land left out of cultivation for a time that it may recover its strength.
(C) Chachar — this matches (I) Land lain fallow for 3-4 years. Chachar is land that has lain fallow for three or four years.
(D) Banjar — this matches (II) Land uncultivated for 5 years. Banjar is land uncultivated for five years and more. Akbar classified the lands in this way and fixed a different revenue to be paid by each.
Note 1: NTA dropped this question. Therefore, to provide additional practice for the students, the question has been suitably modified so that it is correct now, for the benefit of students.
Note 2: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| 13-05 S1* 21-05 S1* 29-05 S2* | 16-05 S1* | – | 30-05 S2* 06-06 S1* 23-06 S3 | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part II — Chapter 8: Peasants, Zamindars and the State (2026-27)
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