Match list - I with list - II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List – I A) Jajmani B) Bara Balute C) Mirasi D) Adade List – II 1) North India 2) Karnataka 3) Maharashtra 4) Tamil Nadu Codes:

Jajmani is the traditional exchange of services between castes, where a barber, potter or washerman served a family and was paid in kind at harvest. It is the classic North Indian village economy, so A-1 is right.

Bara Balute is the Maharashtra village service system. The twelve village servants (Balutedars) such as the carpenter, blacksmith and priest received a customary share of produce for their services. So B-3 is correct.

Mirasi refers to the hereditary landholding tenure (mirasdars) of Tamil Nadu, where mirasdars held rights over land tied to revenue obligations. So C-4.

Adade completes the match as D-2, the Karnataka arrangement, so the answer is D.

• Option A links Bara Balute to Karnataka, which is wrong.
• Option B links Mirasi to Karnataka and Adade to Tamil Nadu, which reverses the regional pattern.
• Option C links Bara Balute to Tamil Nadu, which is wrong.

Mains angle: these systems show how caste-based and customary economies in rural India were transformed by commercialisation, land reforms and tenancy legislation.

Trap: candidates mix up Balute (Maharashtra) and Mirasi (Tamil Nadu) because both sound like village service or tenure terms, and guess from the options.