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Agrarian society

Asked 3 times in CDS over 6 years (2016–2022), peaking in 2016.
3
PYQs
1
Exams
2
Years active
2016–2022
Span
2016
Peak
3/3
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CDS — 3 of 3 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2016
  • Recurs across 2 years (2016–2022)

Across exams

CDS · 3

How the concept evolved

216
122
Rising — more than half its appearances (3 of 3) are since 2016.

Sample questions

You've seen the pattern — here are a few of the actual PYQs.
CDS2022

Which of the following terms were used in the Indo-Persian sources of the Mughal period to denote a peasant ?

  1. Raiyat
  2. Asami
  3. Muzarian
  4. Majur

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. A 1 and 2 only
  2. B 2 and 3 only
  3. C 1, 2 and 3 only ✓
  4. D 1, 3 and 4 only
✓ Correct answer: (C)
History › Medieval India
CDS2016
Statement IThe Pahi-kashta peasants were non-resident cultivators cultivating lands on a contractual basis
Statement IIThe Pahi-kashta peasants worked under the temptation of favourable terms of revenue or the compulsion of economic distress. Code
  1. A Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I ✓
  2. B Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
  3. C Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  4. D Statement I is false but Statement II is true
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Medieval India
CDS2016
Statement IThe Zamindars were an exploitative class in Mughal India
Statement IIThe Zamindars often received the support of the peasantry in a large number of agrarian uprisings in North India in the seventeenth century. Code
  1. A Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
  2. B Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I ✓
  3. C Statement I is true but Statement II is false
  4. D Statement I is false but Statement II is true
✓ Correct answer: (B)
History › Medieval India

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