UGC NET History Practice Question

What was the main duty of the Faujdar at the Sarkar level during Mughal rule?

Executive administrative head maintaining law, order, and police force ✓

Assessment of land revenue

Keeping financial record of village lands

Auditing religious endowments

The Faujdar was the district (Sarkar) level executive officer responsible for maintaining law and order and commanding local military/police forces — the district-level counterpart to the Kotwal's urban policing role.

In the Mughal monetary system, what was the metal purity standard of silver Rupiya?

High purity standardized coin weighing ~178 grains ✓

Alloy coin mixed with 50% copper

Variable weight coin minted locally

Token tin-plated currency

The Mughal silver Rupiya, following the standard Sher Shah Suri established, was a high-purity coin of roughly 178 grains — its consistency across the empire supported trade and taxation on an unprecedented scale for the period.

The Polaj land classification under Akbar's revenue system (Aina-i-Dahsala) signified land that was:

Cultivated continuously every year and never left fallow ✓

Left fallow for 1 to 2 years to recover fertility

Uncultivated for 3 to 4 years

Barren land uncultivated for 5 or more years

Polaj was the highest, most-favored land classification — continuously cultivated every year without a fallow break — assessed at the standard full revenue rate, unlike Parauti, Chachar, or Banjar, which received progressively lower assessments reflecting their lower/interrupted productivity.

Land left fallow for 1 to 2 years to regain its natural soil fertility was designated as:

Parauti ✓

Chachar

Banjar

Polaj

Parauti land was deliberately rested for one to two years to recover fertility before being cultivated again — the second tier in Akbar's four-tier land classification system (Polaj, Parauti, Chachar, Banjar), which assessed revenue according to how continuously a plot could be farmed.

Land uncultivated for 3 to 4 years was classified under Akbar's revenue system as:

Chachar ✓

Banjar

Parauti

Polaj

Chachar land, left fallow for three to four years, sat between Parauti (1-2 years fallow) and Banjar (5+ years uncultivated) in Akbar's four-tier classification — each tier carrying a correspondingly different, lower revenue assessment.

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