Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:
The Governor General of Bengal when the Permanent Settlement was introduced in Bengal in 1793 was:
 
(1) Lord Wellesley
(2) Lord Curzon
(3) Lord Cornwallis
(4) Lord Dalhousie
Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

3

Explanation:

Charles Cornwallis was the commander of British forces during the American War Of Independence and the Governor General of Bengal when the Permanent Settlement was introduced in 1793.