Question

Identify the correct statement from the following regarding the role of women in the agrarian society of the Mughal State.

Options

• Only artisanal work was done by women.

• Women worked in the fields with men.

• Remarriage was not allowed for divorced women.

• Women were totally independent.

Answer 1

Women worked in the fields with men.

Explanation:

In Mughal agrarian society, women actively participated in farming tasks such as sowing, weeding, and threshing alongside men. Their contribution was essential to household agriculture, particularly within nucleated village settlements.