Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

What was the name of the Mughal administrative system which had a military-cum-bureaucratic apparatus and was responsible for looking after the civil and military affairs of the state?

Options:

Zamindari system

Mansabdari system

Jagirdari system.

Jajmani system.

Correct Answer:

Mansabdari system

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - Mansabdari system

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.