Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Question:

In Mansabdari System, some mansabdars were paid in cash, while the majority of them were paid through assignments of revenue in different regions of the Mughal Empire. What was 'cash' and 'assignment of revenue' called in Mansabdari System?

Options:

Rupya and Jama

Maujudat and Kifayat

Naqdi and Jagir

Rupya and Chachar

Correct Answer:

Naqdi and Jagir

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Naqdi and Jagir

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.