Match List-I with List-II.List-IList-II(A) Maharashtra(I) Revenue was…

Match List-I with List-II.

List-I	List-II
(A) Maharashtra	(I) Revenue was assessed and collected in cash
(B) Bengal	(II) Menstruating women could not enter the groves where paan was grown
(C) Western India	(III) Lands given to artisans became their miras or watan
(D) Mughal heartland	(IV) Menstruating women could not touch the plough or the potter's wheel

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → A-III, B-II, C-IV, D-I

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Maharashtra	(III) Lands given to artisans became their miras or watan	In Maharashtra the land given to village artisans became their miras or watan, a hereditary holding.
(B) Bengal	(II) Menstruating women could not enter the groves where paan was grown	In Bengal, menstruating women were not allowed to enter the groves where betel-leaves (paan) were grown.
(C) Western India	(IV) Menstruating women could not touch the plough or the potter's wheel	In western India, the same bias kept menstruating women from touching the plough or the potter's wheel.
(D) Mughal heartland	(I) Revenue was assessed and collected in cash	A cash nexus had grown through trade, and in the Mughal heartland revenue was assessed and collected in cash.

NCERT (2026-27): “2.3 Village artisans …
The most common way of doing so was by giving them a share of the harvest, or an allotment of land, perhaps cultivable wastes, which was likely to be decided by the panchayat. In Maharashtra such lands became the artisans’ miras or watan – their hereditary holding. …”

“More importantly, a cash nexus had already developed through trade between villages and towns. In the Mughal heartland too, revenue was assessed and collected in cash. …”

“… Naturally, a gendered segregation between the home (for women) and the world (for men) was not possible in this context. Nonetheless biases related to women’s biological functions did continue. Menstruating women, for instance, were not allowed to touch the plough or the potter’s wheel in western India, or enter the groves where betel-leaves (paan) were grown in Bengal.”