Chapter 8: Peasants, Zamindars and the State

Important Questions

1. Who are the muqaddam or mandal?

2. What ere the conditions of women during sixteen- seventeen century?

3. Define Mansabdari system?

4. Give a short detail about Ain-I-Akbari? [CBSE 2018]

5. Give a short note on the flow of silver during Mughal period?

Sample Questions

1. Why is Al-Biruni is text "Kitab-ul-Hind" considered as a voluminous text ? [CBSE 2019]

2. State any two features of Akbar Nama [CBSE 2019]

3. State the role of Jati Panchayats in the Mughal agrarian society. [CBSE 2020]

4. Explain how the chronicle 'Ain-i-Akbari' is the major source to understand agararian history of sixteenth and seventeenth centuries [CBSE 2018]