Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Consider the following statements regarding the Sher Shah Suri administrations

1. Sher Shah administration classified the agricultural lands based on productivity and this was the basis for taxation.

2. Sher Shah Suri was benevolent to all faiths and abolished Jizya.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

• A. 1 only
• B. 2 only
• C. Both 1 and 2
• D. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

The correct option is A 1 only

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Sher Shah Suri classified lands based on the productivity and collected the tax directly from the farmers. His system of taxation was the forerunner of Ryotwari system.

Sher Shah Suri did not abolish Jizya.