Q. Which of the following pairs of terms and type of peasant they referred to is/are correctly matched?
- Muzarian - tenants
- Kamin - landless peasants
- Khudkasht peasant propriety
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:
Answer:
1, 2 & 3
Notes: Rural society during the medieval period was highly differentiated with different class of peasants having different degree of access to the land. The landless peasants and labourers often belonged to the class of people called ‘untouchables’ or ‘kamin’. The peasants who owned the land they tilled were called khudkasht. They paid land revenue at customary rates. The khudkasht, who claimed to be the original settlers of the village, often belonged to a single dominant caste or class. These dominant castes dominated the rural society. Some of them had many ploughs and bullocks which they let out to their poorer brethren, the tenants or muzarian who generally paid land revenue at a higher rate. These two groups were the largest sections among the cultivators in the village.