INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, the correct option is (B) i.e Aurangzeb increased the Rajput and Maratha mansabdars in his region. Note: The expansion of the quantity of Mansabdars during the rule of Aurangzeb prompted the Jagirdari and agrarian emergency which prompted the breakdown of the Mansabdar framework.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Akbar’s reign, there were 29 mansabdars with a rank of 5, 000 zat; by Aurangzeb’s reign the number of mansabdars with a zat of 5000 had increased to 79.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is option 4 i.e Aurangzeb. The number of Hindus employees by the Emperor’s Administration was the highest in Aurangzeb’s rule.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aurangzeb (reigned 1658–1707) expanded the empire to its greatest extent, particularly after annexing the Muslim Deccan kingdoms of Bijapur (1686) and Golconda (1687), but his political and religious intolerance also laid the seeds of its decline.

Detailed explanation-5: -Akbar maintained 1, 803 Mansabdars, by the end of the reign of Aurangzeb, their number rose to 14, 499. In Akbar’s reign, there were 29 mansabdars with a rank of 5, 000 zat; by Aurangzeb’s reign the number of mansabdars with a zat of 5000 had increased to 79.