Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I (b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
- ABoth the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
- BBoth the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
- CStatement I is true but Statement II is false
- DStatement I is false but Statement II is true
Explanation
The zamindars appropriated a large share of the peasant surplus and functioned as an exploitative intermediary class under the Mughals (I true). Yet in several 17th-century agrarian uprisings in North India — e.g., those of the Jats and Satnamis — the peasantry fought alongside zamindars against Mughal officials (II true). Both statements hold, but the peasant–zamindar alliance does not explain zamindar exploitiveness.