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Multiple choice history kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas south indian kingdoms

Which of the following were the most important taxes?

  1. Taxes of crops

  2. Taxes of traders

  3. Taxes of crafts persons

  4. Taxes of hunters
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Taxes on crops were the most important. This was because most people were farmers. Usually, the tax was fixed at 1/6th of what was produced. This was known as bhaga or a share.

Multiple choice history kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas south indian kingdoms

During mahajanapadas, crafts persons paid taxes in the form of _______.

  1. Gold

  2. Silver

  3. Labour

  4. Grains
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The rulers of mahajanapadas were engaged in building forts, maintaining huge armies for the protection of their territory and the subjects. They needed more resources which could be obtained from taxes. Crafts persons paid taxes in the form of labour. For e.g. a coppersmith or weaver would work for the king for a day every month.

Multiple choice history kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas south indian kingdoms

During mahajanapadas, usually, the tax was fixed at 1/6th of what was produced. This was known as _____.

  1. Bali

  2. Hissa

  3. Bhaga

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The rulers of mahajanapadas were engaged in building forts, maintaining huge armies for the protection of their territory and the subjects. They needed more resources which could be obtained from taxes. Taxes on crops were the most important. Usually, the tax was fixed at 1/6th of what was produced. This was known as bhaga or share.

Multiple choice history kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas south indian kingdoms

What did the Devadana type of a land tenure signify?

  1. Villages donated to Brahmins

  2. Villages donated to the King

  3. Villages donated to the gods

  4. Villages not normally lived in
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Devdana means a gift(dana) to the gods(dev). Most of the Devdana lands were made tax free. The donated land mainly belonged to the temple which employed peasants to cultivate the lands and take the produced crops after making payment to the peasants.  

Multiple choice history kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas south indian kingdoms

Which of the following forms of land tenure denoted an entire village being donated to Brahmins?

  1. Jagir

  2. Zamindari

  3. Brahmadeya

  4. Devadana
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Brahmanas often received land grants or brahmadeya. The brahmanas had exclusive rights on these lands. Each brahmadeya was looked after by an assembly or sabha of prominent Brahmana landholders.

Multiple choice history kings and kingdoms of the early medieval period rashtrakutas the rashtrakutas south indian kingdoms

Why did Rajas of the janapadas, start collecting regular taxes?

  1. For building huge forts

  2. For maintaining big armies

  3. Both A and B

  4. Neither A nor B
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The rulers of janapadas were engaged in building forts, maintaining huge armies for the protection of their territory and the subjects. They needed more resources which could be obtained from taxes. Crafts persons, farmers, hunter-gatherers, herders were liable to pay these taxes in one form or the other.