Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. Akbar organized his army as well as the nobility by means of a system called the mansabdari.
  2. The mansabdars were divided into 33 classes.

  1. Only 1

  2. Only 2

  3. Both of these

  4. Neither of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Akbar organized his army as well as the nobility by means of a system called the mansabdari. Under this system, each officer in the army was assigned a rank (a mansab), and assigned a number of cavalry that he had to supply to the imperial army. The mansabdars were divided into 33 classes. The mansabdars were remunerated well for their services and constituted the highest paid military service in the world at the time.

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