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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries roughly what share of India's population lived in villages?
AAbout 85 per cent
BAbout 50 per cent
CAbout 15 per cent
DAbout 99 per cent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. About 85 per cent
1. Peasants and landed elites shared the produce.
2. About 85 per cent lived in villages.
3. The Mughal state drew most income from farming.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History Part II, Theme 8, Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire._
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