History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2025 History
Match List I (scholars) with List II (statements). Choose the correct answer from the options given below.
List I
- I. Percival Spear
- II. Douglas Streusand
- III. Stephen Blake
- IV. John F. Richards
List II
- A. The mansabdari system was a political compromise
- b. Defined the Mughal Empire as a 'patriarchal bureaucratic empire'
- c. Defined mansabdars as 'the noblest of the nobles'
- d. Mansabdari imitated the terminology of the Islamic corporate military system
AI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
BI-b, II-a, III-d, IV-c
CI-d, II-b, III-a, IV-c
DI-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d — The correct match is I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d.
Explanation
★The correct match is I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d.
★Percival Spear defined mansabdars as the noblest of the nobles.
★Douglas Streusand held that the mansabdari system was a political compromise.
★Stephen Blake defined the Mughal Empire as a patriarchal bureaucratic empire.
★John F. Richards held that mansabdari imitated the terminology of the Islamic corporate military system.
★Pairing each scholar with the statement gives the order I-c, II-a, III-b, IV-d.
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