UPSC 2013 CDS 2 GK Paper

(2) and (3) statements are correct. The mansabdars constituted the ruling section in the imperial structure not only “military personal”so, first statement is not correct. Mansabdari system was the system under which a noble was granted the rights to hold a jageer which meant revenue assignments (not the land itself) for services rendered by them. Mansabdars were paid either in cash (Naqd) or in the form of assignments of areas of land. The Mansab or rank was designated by dual representation – one by personal rank (called zat) and the other by cavalry rank (called sawar).