UGC NET History Practice Question

The imperial domain lands managed directly by the Mughal crown treasury to pay central expenses were termed:

Khalisa ✓

Jagir

Paibaqi

Inam

Khalisa land was retained under direct crown administration, its revenue flowing straight into the imperial treasury rather than being assigned to a mansabdar as Jagir — the balance between Khalisa and Jagir land was a recurring administrative and fiscal concern across Mughal history.

What was the Paibaqi land in the Mughal revenue bureaucracy?

Land reserved and waiting to be assigned as Jagir to officers ✓

Tax-exempt temple grant

Fallow wasteland

Land under dispute between zamindars

Paibaqi land was held in reserve, not yet assigned to any specific Jagirdar — its shrinking availability over the 17th century (as more mansabdars needed Jagirs than there was land to assign) is a key factor historians cite in analyzing later Mughal administrative and fiscal strain.

Which Sultan of Delhi introduced token currency made of brass/copper coins, which failed due to widespread forging?

Muhammad bin Tughlaq ✓

Alauddin Khalji

Firoz Shah Tughlaq

Ibrahim Lodi

Muhammad bin Tughlaq's token currency experiment (ordering brass/copper coins to circulate at the value of silver) famously failed because the state couldn't prevent widespread private forging, since the coins had no intrinsic value backing — one of his most cited administrative missteps.

What was the Jizya tax?

Poll tax levied on non-Muslim subjects in an Islamic state in exchange for protection and exemption from military service ✓

Commercial toll tax on inland river boats

Tax levied on wealth (Zakat)

Imperial house tax

Jizya was a poll tax on non-Muslim subjects in an Islamic polity, in principle exchanged for state protection and exemption from military service — its imposition and abolition across different Sultanate and Mughal reigns (notably abolished by Akbar, reimposed by Aurangzeb) is a recurring, significant exam topic.

Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was the chief officer responsible for:

Military administration, paymaster of troops, and maintaining mansabdar rolls ✓

Revenue assessment and treasury supervision

Royal household supplies

Imperial seal and religious charities

The Mir Bakshi headed military administration — paying troops, maintaining mansabdar and Sawar rolls, and overseeing military intelligence — one of the four great central ministers alongside the Diwan (revenue), Mir Saman (household), and Sadr (religious/charitable affairs).

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