HISTORY
ANCIENT CHINA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Buy and sell things
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Don’t have any wealth
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Collected taxes from people
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Sell what they grow
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Sold what they made.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Farmers. Rulers of mahajanapadas in ancient India collected a tax called ‘Bhaga’ from the Farmers in their region.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the rulers of the mahajanapadas were (a) building huge forts (b) maintaining big armies, they needed more resources. And they needed officials to collect these. So, instead of depending on occasional gifts brought by people, as in the case of the raja of the janapadas, they started collecting regular taxes.
Detailed explanation-3: -A special tax was used that was used differently by different kingdoms to generate additional income. Thus, the correct answer is an option (C) The tax which kings used to collect from the people in the Vedic period was called Bali.
Detailed explanation-4: -The village headman was used by the king to collect taxes from the other villagers.