Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

Who among the following Mughal officers carried the dual responsibility of military and administration?

Options:

Diwan

Amin-Guzar

Amin

Mansabdar

Correct Answer:

Mansabdar

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Mansabdar

The Mughal administrative system had at its apex a military cum-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.