1.Name the author of the chronicle "Ain-i-Akbari".
(Chapter 8 : Peasants, Zamindars and the State - Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire)

Ans:Abu'l Fazl.

2.From among the following which one depicts the correct meaning of the term Jins-i-kamil concerning crops in Mughal India?
a) Paddy crop
b) Perfect crop
c) Pulses
d) Crop grown in the arid zone.
(Chapter 8 : Peasants, Zamindars and the State - Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire)

Ans: b) Perfect crop

3.State the role played by women in agrarian society during 16th and 17th centuries.
(Chapter 8: Peasants, Zamindars and the State - Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire)

Ans:

• In agrarian society tasks such as spinning yarn, sifting and kneading clay for pottery, and embroidery were among the many aspects of production dependent on female labour. The more commercialised the product, the greater the demand on women’s labour to produce it.
• In fact, peasant and artisan women worked not only in the fields, but even went to the houses of their employers or to the markets if necessary.
• Women were considered an important resource in agrarian society also because they were child bearers in a society dependent on labour.

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4.Mention two main functions of the Village Panchayats in the 16th and 17th centuries in India.
(Chapter 8:Peasants, Zamindars and the State - Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire)

Ans:

• One important function of the panchayat was to ensure that caste boundaries among the various communities inhabiting the village were upheld.
• Panchayats also had the authority to levy fines and inflict more serious forms of punishment like expulsion from the community.