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HCS (Haryana)Prelims2022General Studies
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Match List - I: Land/Taxation Units with List - II: Personalities List - I A. Dahsala System B. Bigha-i-Daftari C. Biswa D. Guz/Gaz List - II 1. Alauddin Khilji 2. Raja Todar Mal 3. Shahjahan 4. Sikandar Lodi Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Options
- A A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
- B A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
- C A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
- D A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
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C A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
Model Answer
Dahsala System
- Raja Todarmal, who served as the Mughal court's finance minister at the time, had established this system, in A.D. 1580 under the reign of Akbar.
- Under the Dahsala system lands were classified into four different categories.
- One was Polaj land which was land which cultivated and yield crops regularly.
- Second was the Parauti land which was not cultivated as it was left to regain its productivity
- Another was known as Chachar land was left uncultivated for 3 to 4 years to make sure yielding a crop once.
- Fourth type of land was the Banjar land was left for more than 4 years. These lands were of no use
Bigha-i-Daftari
- Land for government records was measured by Deira-e-Shahjahani or Bigha-e-Daftari.
Biswa
- The first Delhiian Sultan to mandate land measurement was Alauddin Khilji.
- The measurement unit of choice was the Biswa.
Gaz
- Bahlol Lodi's son Sikander Lodhi overthrew Western Bengal and Bihar.
- He developed the 32-digit Gaz-i-Sikandari for measuring cultivated lands