UGC NET History Practice Question

What was the exact designation of the chief revenue officer in charge of a Pargana during the Mughal administration?

Amil (or Amalguzar) ✓

Shiqdar

Fotadar

Qanungo

The Amil (or Amalguzar) was the principal revenue-collecting officer at the Pargana level under the Mughals, working alongside the Qanungo (keeper of local revenue records) and Fotadar (treasurer), each with a distinct, specialized role.

The Dahsala System of land revenue assessment introduced during Akbar's reign in 1580 was formulated primarily by which finance minister?

Raja Todar Mal ✓

Muzaffar Khan Turbati

Raja Man Singh

Khwaja Mansur

Raja Todar Mal formulated the Dahsala (ten-year average) system, which fixed cash revenue rates based on ten years of local price and yield data — one of the most sophisticated pre-modern land revenue systems and a hallmark of Akbar's administrative reforms.

In the Mughal Mansabdari System, what did the dual ranks Zat and Sawar explicitly represent?

Personal status/salary tier and actual number of cavalrymen required to maintain ✓

Salary in cash and land revenue assignment value

Infantry force and artillery strength

Court rank and provincial governor post

Zat indicated a mansabdar's personal rank and salary status, while Sawar indicated the number of cavalry troopers he was obligated to maintain for the emperor — the two numbers together (e.g., "5000 Zat, 3000 Sawar") defined both status and military obligation.

Under the Vijayanagara Empire, the land granted to military commanders (Nayakas) in exchange for military service and maintenance of troops was termed:

Amaram ✓

Umbali

Bhandaravada

Manya

Amaram land grants tied Nayaka commanders' landholding directly to their military obligation to the Vijayanagara state — a structural parallel to the Mughal Jagir/Mansabdari relationship, though a distinct regional system in its own right.

What was the specific administrative function of the Diwan-i-Arz in the Delhi Sultanate?

Ministry of Military Affairs ✓

Ministry of Religious Endowments

Ministry of Imperial Correspondence

Ministry of Revenue and Finance

The Diwan-i-Arz was the military department of the Sultanate, responsible for recruitment, army administration, and (under Alauddin Khalji especially) the branding of horses (dagh) and descriptive rolls (chehra) of soldiers to prevent fraud.

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