Consider the following statements about agrarian relations during the Mughal times:
1. Muzarian refers to the peasants.
2. Pahi-Kashta was the residents of the village in which they held their lands.
3. Peasant lands could not be bought and sold.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
1, 2 and 3
1 and 3 only
1 and 2 only
• The term, which the Indo-Persian sources of the Mughal period most frequently used to denote a peasant, was Raiyat (plural, Riaya) or Muzarian. In addition, we also encounter the terms Kisan or Asami.
• Sources of the seventeenth century refer to two kinds of peasants – Khud-Kashta and Pahi-Kashta. The former were the residents of the village in which they held their lands. The latter were non-resident cultivators, who belonged to some other village, but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis. People became Pahi-Kashta either out of choice – for example, when terms of revenue in a distant village were more favourable – or out of compulsion – for example, forced by economic distress after a famine.
• Cultivation was based on the principle of individual ownership. Peasant lands were bought and sold in the same way as the lands of other property owners.
Consider the following statements: 1. Half dome portal, which was used in the Buland Darwaza, was developed indigenously during the Mughal period. 2. Construction of entire buildings with marbles was started during Akbar's reign. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Which of the following was/were the outcomes of the Nagpur session of Congress in 1920? 1. A Congress Working Committee (CWC) was set up to lead the Congress from now onwards. 2. Provincial Congress Committees were organised on the basis of the British administrative territories. 3. After this session, Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Annie Besant left the Congress. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
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One common agreement between Gandhism and Marxism is
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Consider the following statements about the Simon Commission: 1. It recommended the abolition of diarchy. 2. It recommended the establishment of a Federation of British India and Princely States. 3. It recommended the extension of responsible government in the Provinces. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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