Read the statements given below and choose the option with the correct sequences.
(A) The zamindars controlled the land
(B) Green revolution was introduced
(C) Zamindari system was abolished
(D) Shift in payment in kind to payment in cash
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C), (B), (D)
(A) The Zamindars controlled the land — first. When the British colonised India, they ruled many areas through the zamindars and gave them more control over land than they had before.
(C) Zamindari system was abolished — second. Among the land reform laws passed from the 1950s to the 1970s, the first important one was the abolition of the zamindari system, which removed the intermediaries between the cultivators and the state.
(B) Green revolution was introduced — third. Its first phase came in the 1960s and 1970s.
(D) Shift in payment in kind to payment in cash. — last. In the Green Revolution areas, agricultural workers came to be paid in cash instead of in grain; this was one of the transformations of rural society that followed the Green Revolution.
NCERT (2025-26): “The Colonial Period … When the British colonised India, in many areas they ruled through these local zamindars. They also granted property rights to the zamindars. Under the British, the zamindars were given more control over land than they had before.…” “…The first important legislation was the abolition of the zamindari system, which removed the layer of intermediaries who stood between the cultivators and the state.…” “4.4 Transformations in Rural Society after Independence … Several profound transformations in the nature of social relations in rural areas took place in the post-Independence period, especially in those regions that underwent the Green Revolution. These included:
|