With reference to medieval India, which one of the following is the correct sequence in ascending order in terms of size?
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Answer: A. In Mughal administration, the empire was divided into subas (provinces), each suba into sarkars, and each sarkar into parganas. So in ascending size: pargana, sarkar, suba.
Watch for: Read 'ascending' carefully; option C is the right order but reversed.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because a sarkar is bigger than a pargana.
- C. Wrong because this order is descending, not ascending.
- D. Wrong because a suba is bigger than a sarkar.
Source to check: NCERT Class 7, Our Pasts II, Chapter 4 The Mughal Empire
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