Q. In the medieval administration, ‘Qanungo’ was associated with which of the following?
Answer: Land revenue administration
Notes: Akbar took keen interest in the land revenue administration. Akbar adopted Sher Shah' system but it had one problem. Fixing a central schedule of prices often led to considerable delays and resulted in great hardships to the peasantry since the prices fixed were generally prevailing in the city, and were higher than those in countryside. At first, Akbar revered to a system of annual assessment. The qanungos, who were hereditary holders of land as well as local officials conversant with local traditions, were ordered to report on the actual produce, state of cultivation, local prices etc. Due to the corruption of qanungos, this system also did not work out. So, after the Karori experiment, the Dahsala system worked out.

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