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‘Madad-i-Mash’ indicates in Mughal administration

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Toll Tax
  2. Revenue free land granted to learned person
  3. Pension provided to military officials
  4. Cultivation Tax

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Revenue free land granted to learned person

Explanation: The correct answer is B. Revenue free land granted to learned person. ‘Madad-i-Maash’ literally means ‘help for subsistence.’ It referred to revenue-free land grants provided by the Mughal emperors to religious scholars, learned men, and theologians as a form of royal patronage. These grants were non-inheritable and often given as inam (gifts) for promoting religious learning, maintaining mosques, or for scholarly services.