2021 · Q68
Consider the following statements :
- 1Under Akbar, the system of Zabt was established over a large area from Punjab to Awadh.
- 2In the seventeenth century North India, the system of Zabt lost much ground to the system of Kankut.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: the zabt (dahsala) system introduced by Todar Mal around 1580-82 was applied across the core Mughal provinces — Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Awadh, Lahore and Multan — stretching from Punjab to Awadh. Statement 2 is incorrect: in seventeenth-century North India the assessment trend favoured crop-sharing (batai), not kankut displacing zabt. Hence only statement 1 is correct.