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

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