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During Mughal period, approximately how much percentage of rural agricultural produce was marketed?
1. 10%
2. 15%
3. 20%
4. 25%

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : 15%

The correct answer is 15%.

  •  India Agriculture during Mughal Period.
    • Indian agricultural production increased under the Mughal Empire, during which India's population growth accelerated.
    • A variety of crops were grown, including food crops such as wheat, rice, and barley and non-food cash crops such as cotton, indigo and opium.
    • The most important crops for the Mughal Empire were staple crops and cash crops.
    • The agriculture of the Mughal Empire had the basic elements. There were peasants, infrastructure, tax collection, land ownership, and agrarian issues.
    • Farmers of the Mughal Empire had basic agricultural technology.
    • Land ownership in the Mughal Empire was quite complicated. Peasants had control over their land.
    • Tax collection was also imposed upon by the government on the peasants. The taxation imposed dates back from the time of Akbar the Great. With the help of his advisor, Todor Mai, a system where tax was based on a 10-year period average of production. 1/3 of the total production was to be paid to the government.
    • The Mughal administration also organized an administrative system for the lands.
    • The Agriculture of Mughal was large enough to give its peasants a dissent earnings

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