History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET December 2015 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Assertion (A): In 1575 Akbar fused the nobility, bureaucracy and military into a single 'service', by assigning to each officer a mansab to indicate the holder's status, salary and size of military contingent.
Reason (R): Practically all officers in government, except the very petty or the purely religious, were filled by holders of mansabs, and promotions and demotions were henceforth made in terms of additions or reductions of mansabs.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
★Akbar fused the services into one through the mansab system.
★Each officer was given a mansab to show his rank and pay.
★Almost all officers were holders of mansabs.
★Their rise and fall was measured by additions or cuts in mansab.
★So the working of the system explains how the single service was formed.
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