Question

Match the following:-

	List I		List II
I.	Bakshi	A.	Town Police Commander
II.	Faujdars	B.	Military Paymaster
III.	Sadr	C.	In-charge of religious and charitable patronage
IV.	Kotwal	D.	Military Commander

• A. I - B, II - D, III - C, IV - A
• B. I - D, II - C, III - B, IV - A
• C. I - A, II - B, III - C, IV - D
• D. I - B, II - D, III - A, IV - C

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

I - B, II - D, III - C, IV - A

Bakshi, Faujdar, Sadr, Kotwal were the officers who supported subedars in carrying out the functions during Mughal Emperor Akbar’s rule. Bakshi was a paymaster, Sadr was the minister in-charge of religious and charitable patronage, faujdar was a military commander and kotwal was the town police commander. All these were discussed by Abul Fazl in his book, the Akbarnama.