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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :Peasants on the moveThiswas a feature of agrariansocietywhich struck a keen observer like Babur, the first Mughal emperor, forcefully enough forhim to write about it in the Babur Nama, his memoirs: In Hindustan hamlets andvillages, towns indeed , are depopulate and set up in a moment !It the people in a large town , one inhabited for years even, flee from it, they. Do it in such a way that not a sign or trace of themremains in a day and a half. On the other hand, if they fix their eyes on a place to settle, they need not dig water courses because their crops are all rain-grown, and as the population of Hindustan is unlimited it swarms in. They make a tank or a well, they need not build houses or set up walls . . . khas-grass abounds, wood is unlimited, huts are made, and straightaway there is a village or a town !(i) Explain in brief any two aspects of rural life observed by Babur.(ii) Who wrote Babur Nama ?(iii) Write the period expressed in this excerpt .(iv) Why did the peoplesettling at new place not built their houses ?(v) Name the twocategories of rural peasant.(vi) What has been described about the Hindustani hamlets and village in this excerpt ?

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Solution :i.(a)Most of the population livedin VILLAGE .
(b)The entire agriculture season depends on rainfall.
ii.Babur, the founder ofMughal empire in Indiawrote Babur Name as his autobiography.
iii.In this excerpt the feature of agrarian society are expressed as observed by Babur.
iv.Baecausethey did not permanently settle here
v. (a)Khud-Kashta
(b)Pahi - Kashta
vi.The hamlets and village in INDIA were depopulated as WELL as wetup in a momentThe PEOPLELIVING here run away in sucha way that no trace of them is left behind them. If they madeup their mind to settletheyset up village or TOWN in no time .


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