History · Sources of Medieval Indian History
UGC NET June 2020 History
Passage
The Timariots, governors and revenue contractors on their part reason in this manner. Why should the neglected state of this land create uneasiness in our minds? And why should we expend our money and time to render it fruitful? We may be deprived of it in a single moment, and our exertions would benefit neither ourselves nor our children. Let us draw from the soil all the money we can, though the peasant should starve or abscond, and we should leave it, when commanded to quit, a dreary wilderness.
Which of the following was not a characteristic of the Mughal jagir system?
AMughal jagirs were frequently transferred.
BUnder Aurangzeb, jagirs were made permanent and hereditary. ✓ Correct
CJagirdars used to employ their agents to collect the revenue.
DJahangir instituted altun-tamgha jagirs to be held permanently.
Correct answer: (B) Under Aurangzeb, jagirs were made permanent and hereditary. — The claim about Aurangzeb is not correct, so the answer is that jagirs were made permanent and hereditary under Aurangzeb.
Explanation
★The claim about Aurangzeb is not correct, so the answer is that jagirs were made permanent and hereditary under Aurangzeb.
★Under Aurangzeb jagirs were not made permanent and hereditary.
★So this statement is not a characteristic of the Mughal jagir system.
★Mughal jagirs were in fact frequently transferred.
★Jagirdars employed their agents to collect the revenue.
★Jahangir instituted the altun-tamgha jagirs to be held permanently, so the odd one out is the Aurangzeb statement.
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