[Mission 2023] INSIGHTS STATIC QUIZ, 21 June 2022 – Ancient & Medieval India

Solution: c)

There were tolls and customs on goods taken from one place to another, various kinds of professional taxes, dues levied on ceremonial occasions like marriages and judicial fines. Moreover, the land revenue department was well organized. It was called puravuvarithinaikkalam.

The residential portion of the village was called ur nattam. These and other lands such as the lands belonging to temples were exempted from tax.

Chola kings undertook royal tours to increase the efficiency of the administration. There were regular drills with officials.

During the hard times, there were remission of taxes and Kulottunga I became famous by abolishing tolls and earned the title—Sungam Tavirtta Cholan. The main items of government expenditure were the king and his court, army and navy, roads, irrigation tanks and canals.

Solution: c)

The Rashtrakuta Empire was divided into several provinces called rashtras under the control of rashtrapatis.

They were further divided into vishayas or districts governed by vishayapatis.

The next subdivision was bhukti consisting of 50–70 villages under the control of bhogapatis.

These officers were directly appointed by the central government. The village administration was carried on by the village headman.

However, the village assemblies played a significant role in the village administration.

Solution: b)

Palas, Rashtrakutas, Pratiharas were involved in tripartite struggle.

Solution: b)

The Rashtrakuta Empire was divided into several provinces called rashtras under the control of rashtrapatis. They were further divided into vishayas or districts governed by vishayapatis. The next subdivision was bhukti consisting of 50–70 villages under the control of bhogapatis. These officers were directly appointed by the central government. The village administration was carried on by the village headman. However, the village assemblies played a significant role in the village administration.

Solution: b)

This inscription, dated around 920 A.D. in the reign of Parantaka Chola [907-955 A.D.], is an outstanding document in the history of India. It is a veritable written constitution of the village assembly that functioned 1,000 years ago, The inscription gives astonishing details about the constitution of wards, the qualification of candidates standing for elections, the disqualification norms, the mode of election, the constitution of committees with elected members, the functions of those committees, the power to remove the wrongdoer, etc.