History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET November 2017 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 the 11th regnal year (1567) of Akbar, Muzaffar Khan and Raja Todarmal effected a major change; the qanungoes were asked to provide information about the area of land cultivated and uncultivated.
Reason (R): It was on the basis of the information provided by the qanungoes that, instead of a single price list for the whole empire, the crop rates began to be converted into cash on the basis of the prices prevalent in different regions.
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.
★Muzaffar Khan and Raja Todarmal asked the qanungoes for information about cultivated and uncultivated land.
★So the assertion is true.
★On the basis of this information the crop rates began to be turned into cash by regional prices.
★This replaced the single price list for the whole empire.
★So the use of the qanungoes' information explains the major change that was made.
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