Question

_______ was in charge of income and expenditure.
A) Diwan-i-Arz
B) Diwan-i-wizarat
C) Diwan-i- Risalat
D) Diwan-i-insha

Answer 1

Hint: The Mughal Empire was the greatest empire ever in the history of India. The empire ruled hundreds of millions of people. Hindustan was united under one rule and had political and cultural prosperity during the Mughal rule.

Complete answer:
Sultans dominated the central government during the Mughal Empire. He was the legal head of the state and also acted as the highest court of appeal and the chief executive. The Sultan administered all the departments as well as every branch of the state. The sultan ruled through a group of officials and ministers. The main pillars of the central government were the imperial diwan or ministers. The four pillars of the state were Diwan-i-wizard, Diwan-i-Arz, Diwan-i- Risalat, and Diwan-i-insha.

Diwan-i-wizard was the finance department headed by wazir (Prime-minister). Naib wazir acted as deputy to wazir. Diwan-i-wizard was the most important officer after Sultan in the hierarchy of the administrative system of the Delhi Sultanate. He looked after the financial organization of the State. Therefore, he was in charge of the income and expenditure. Also, he gave advice to the Sultan and on some occasions to lead military expeditions at the behest of the Sultan. Besides, this wazir exercised a general supervisory authority over other ministers.

So, the correct option is Option B.

Note The twenty-one months period from 1975-1976 is known as the ‘darkest phase’ and ‘the black period’ in Indian History. The petition regarding national emergency was given a final verdict by the then President, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed. The 1975 emergency was the third emergency that was imposed in the country after the Independence of India.