Multiple choice

What was the duty assigned to Mustakharaj under Alaud-din Khalji ?

  1. To measure the land of peasants and to fix the revenue share of the State

  2. To collect the unrealised balance of land revenue from the peasants

  3. To punish the revenue officials indulging in corruption

  4. To spy on the merchants and traders and to ensure that prices fixed by the State were followed
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Mustakharaj was an official created by Alauddin Khalji specifically to collect arrears of land revenue from the peasants.

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