Read the passage and answer the questions:
Section I - Regarding Zemindars. It is evident that the British Government in making zemindary settlement have imposed exorbitant Jumas (revenue demand) and have disgraced and ruined several Zemindars by putting up their estates for public auction for arrears of rent, in so much, in the institution of a suit by a common Ryot, a maid servant or a slave, the respectable Zemindars are summoned into court, arrested, put in goal and disgraced. In litigation regarding Zemindaries, the immense value of stamps, and other unnecessary expenses of the civil courts,... are all calculated to impoverish the litigants. Besides this, the coffers of the Zemindars are annually taxed with the subscription for schools, hospitals, roads, etc. Such extortions will have no manner of existence in the Badshahi Government; but on the contrary the Jumas will be light, the dignity and honour of the Zemindars safe, and every Zemindar will have absolute rule in his own Zemindary...
"Section I" of the Proclamation addresses to which class?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Land holding class
Section I of the proclamation is headed ‘Regarding Zemindars’. It speaks of zemindary settlements, revenue demand, estates auctioned for arrears of rent, and promises that every zemindar will have absolute rule in his own zemindary. The zemindars were the landholders; the later sections of the proclamation address merchants, public servants and artisans.
Hence, the answer is the land holding class.
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