Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Medieval History

Assertion: Akbar’s zabti system attempted to create a standardised basis for land-revenue assessment.

Consider the following statements in support of the assertion:
I. Land was measured and classified according to the frequency of cultivation and quality.
II. Revenue rates used average yields calculated with reference to a ten-year period.

  1. I supports the assertion, but II does not.
  2. II supports the assertion, but I does not.
  3. Neither I nor II supports the assertion.
  4. Both I and II support the assertion.
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