Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

Which Report was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813?

Options:

The First Report

The Second Report

The Third Report

The Fifth Report

Correct Answer:

The Fifth Report

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → The Fifth Report

"The Fifth Report: Many of the changes we are discussing were documented in detail in a report that was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813. It was the fifth of a series of reports on the administration and activities of the East India Company in India. Often referred to as the Fifth Report, it ran into 1002 pages, of which over 800 pages were appendices that reproduced petitions of zamindars and ryots, reports of collectors from different districts, statistical tables on revenue returns, and notes on the revenue and judicial administration of Bengal and Madras (present-day Tamil Nadu) written by officials."