The ‘Motorana’ and the ‘hathiana’ referred to :
markets where peasants brought their produce
taxes levied by zamindars on their peasants
rent paid by peasants for the use of the motorcar or the elephant of the zamindar
the nickname for those zamindars who possessed a motorcar or an elephant
Answer is Wrong!
Answer is Right!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CAPF – 2009
– These cesses could be arbitrary and were a source of peasant exploitation.
– ‘Motorana’ and ‘hathiana’ are examples of such illegal or customary taxes levied by zamindars.