UPSC CAPF AC 2026 Paper 1 · Question 29
Question 29 of the UPSC CAPF (AC) 2026 Paper I (19 July 2026). Try it first, then open the answer and explanation.
Which one of the following statements about the 'Amara-Nayaka' system is not correct?
- The Amara-Nayaka system was a major political innovation of the Vijayanagara Empire.
- The Amara-Nayakas were military commanders who were given territories to govern by the Raya.
- The Amara-Nayakas collected taxes and retained part of the revenue for personal use and for maintaining their contingents.
- The territories held by the Amara-Nayakas were hereditary and were therefore non-transferrable.
'अमर-नायक' प्रणाली के बारे में निम्नलिखित में से कौन-सा कथन सही नहीं है?
- अमर-नायक प्रणाली विजयनगर साम्राज्य की एक प्रमुख राजनीतिक खोज थी।
- अमर-नायक सैन्य कमांडर थे, जिन्हें राय द्वारा शासन करने के लिए राज्य-क्षेत्र दिए गए थे।
- अमर-नायक करों का संग्रह करते थे और व्यक्तिगत उपयोग तथा अपने सैन्य-दल के रख-रखाव हेतु राजस्व का भाग रखते थे।
- अमर-नायकों के अधीन राज्य-क्षेत्र वंशानुगत थे और इस कारण वे अहस्तांतरणीय थे।
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Answer: (4) The territories held by the Amara-Nayakas were hereditary and were therefore non-transferrable.
उत्तर: (4) अमर-नायकों के अधीन राज्य-क्षेत्र वंशानुगत थे और इस कारण वे अहस्तांतरणीय थे।
The last statement is wrong: amara territories were not hereditary in the Vijayanagara period, and the Raya kept the amara-nayakas under control by transferring them from one place to another from time to time (only in the 17th century did many nayakas set up independent kingdoms). The other three statements correctly describe the system: military commanders given territories by the Raya, who collected taxes and kept part of the revenue for themselves and for maintaining troops, horses and elephants.