Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:
Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct?

a) By the mid-1840s many British officials had begun to realize that the settlements of the 1820s had been harsh.
b) After 1845 agricultural prices went down further.
Options:
Only statement a is correct.
Only statement b is correct.
Both statements are correct.
None of the statements is correct.
Correct Answer:
Only statement a is correct.
Explanation:
By the mid-1840s there were signs of the economic recovery of sorts. Many British officials had begun to realize that the settlements of the 1820s had been harsh. The revenue demanded was exorbitant, the system rigid, and the peasant economy on the verge of collapse. So the revenue demand was moderated to encourage peasants to expand cultivation. After 1845 agricultural prices recovered steadily