{"id":2572,"date":"2025-05-04T19:30:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2025-05-04T19:30:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T14:00:25","slug":"q-with-reference-to-indian-history-which-of-the-following-is-are-the-essential-element-elements-of-the-feudal-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-indian-history-which-of-the-following-is-are-the-essential-element-elements-of-the-feudal-system","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to Indian history, which of the following is\/are the essential element\/elements of the feudal system?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. A very\u00a0strong centralized political authority<\/strong>\u00a0and a very weak provincial or local political authority<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Emergence of administrative structure based on control and possession of land<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Creation of lord-vassal relationship between the feudal lord and his overlord<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Select the correct answer using the code given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 and 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 and 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 3 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 1, 2 and 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer:<\/strong> (b) 2 and 3 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • Feudalism<\/strong>\u00a0is a political\u00a0system of power dispersed and balanced between king and nobles<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Broadly defined, it was a way of structuring society around relationships derived from the\u00a0holding of land in exchange for service or labour (lord-vassal relationship).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The\u00a0Provincial or local political authority is not weak\u00a0<\/strong>in the feudal system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Generally, feudalism has been regarded as the fabric of medieval society, and the stage of social and economic development that preceded Capitalism.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • As such, feudalism provided\u00a0stability within societies<\/strong>, restoring public order and strengthening the monarchy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The\u00a0Zamindari system<\/strong>\u00a0is often referred to as a feudal-like system.\n
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        • It involves an administrative structure based on\u00a0control and possession of the land.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Originally the Zamindari System was introduced in the pre-colonial period to collect taxes from peasants, and it continued during colonial British rule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Select the correct answer using the code given below: Answer: (b) 2 and 3 only Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[41],"years":[58],"class_list":["post-2572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-medieval-history","years-58"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":41,"label":"Medieval History"}],"years":[{"value":58,"label":"2015"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":41,"name":"Medieval History","slug":"medieval-history","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":41,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":38,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}