Why did trade, currency and markets increase in villages?
a) because many crops were grown for sale
b) because the state increased taxes on agriculture
c) because there was progress in agriculture
d) because the state encouraged trade
Whom did the representatives of the state try to control?
a) on traders
b) on rural society
c) on cities
d) on education
What should we keep in mind when we talk about agricultural society?
a) Power of the farmer
b) Geographical variations
c) Only farming methods
d) Quality of agricultural products
On what was the agriculture of rural India based?
a) only in plain areas
b) in hilly areas
c) on modern methods of farming
d) On agriculture based commodities
What are our main sources for understanding the agricultural history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
a) Farmer's personal notes
b) Texts and documents of the Mughal court
c) People of rural society
d) Traders from abroad
For what reason was information about farmers not available?
a) Farmers were great writers
b) Farmers did not write down their information
c) Farmers used to write government documents
d) Farmers worked only in the fields
Why is Ain-e-Akbari considered an important historical text?
a) Because it is related to Akbar's court
b) Because it is based on the lives of farmers
c) because it was about agriculture
d) because it was taken from foreign countries
Who wrote Ain-e-Akbari?
a) Akbar
b) Abul Fazl
c) Shah Jahan
d) Anglo-Indian writers
What was the main objective of Ain-e-Akbari?
a) Presenting a blueprint of Akbar's empire
b) To provide information about the Mughal army
c) Giving concessions to farmers
d) Explaining business policies
What information do we get about farmers from Ain-e-Akbari?
a) Individual creations of farmers
b) Viewpoint from the higher corridors of power
c) Economic condition of farmers
d) Grievances of farmers
What information do documents from areas far away from the Mughal Empire provide?
a) Business and Military History
b) Detailed information of state's income
c) Statement of religious views
d) War Strategies of the Mughal Empire
What do the East India Company documents provide information about?
a) Wars of the British Empire
b) A blueprint of agrarian relations in eastern India
c) Merchant network
d) activities of the royal court
What can we understand from Ain-e-Akbari?
a) relations between peasants and the state
b) Religious policies of the Mughal Empire
c) trade policies
d) Imperial plans of the Mughal emperors
Pahi-Kasht were the farmers who did what?
a) They sold the crops grown in their fields
b) People from other villages came to do contract farming
c) there were only traders
d) there were only soldiers
Which farmers were self-cultivating?
a) those who lived in other villages
b) who lived in the same villages in which they owned land
c) who were only traders
d) those who were not farmers
What types of peasants do seventeenth century sources discuss?
a) Self-cultivation only
b) Khud-Kasht and Pahi-Kasht
c) Only Pahi-Kasht
d) merchants and soldiers
What did the state do for irrigation works in North India?
a) Farmers were given concessions for irrigation
b) Foreign technology was brought for irrigation
c) Repaired old canals and dug new ones
d) Provide only irrigation equipment
Which tool was mostly used by farmers for sowing seeds?
a) Tractor
b) Bullock drawn drills
c) The custom of hand sowing
d) Only bulls
Which tool was used for tilling and weeding the soil?
a) Thin iron blade with wooden handle
b) Tractor
c) Solution only
d) Bull
Which region was famous for its sugar?
a) North India
b) Bengal
c) Central India
d) Deccan
Where did maize come from in India?
a) Via Africa and Spain
b) Europe
c) America
d) China
Where was cotton cultivated on a large scale?
a) Bengal
b) Central India and the Deccan Plateau
c) North India
d) Punjab
How many types of crops were grown in Delhi province?
a) 39
b) 43
c) 50
d) 30
How many varieties of rice were grown in Bengal?
a) 39
b) 43
