In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: As British rule expanded from Bengal to other parts of India, the Permanent Settlement was rarely extended to any region beyond Bengal.

Reason: Keen on expanding its financial resources, the colonial government had to think of ways to maximise its land revenue, as the revenue demand was fixed under the Permanent Settlement, the colonial state could not claim any share of the enhanced income.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The correct answer is Option 1 - Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Both the Assertion and Reason are correct, and the Reason accurately explains why the Permanent Settlement remained largely confined to Bengal.

As British rule expanded from Bengal to other parts of India, new systems of revenue were imposed. The Permanent Settlement was rarely extended to any region beyond Bengal (ASSERTION).

Why was this so? One reason was that after 1810, agricultural prices rose, increasing the value of harvest produce, and enlarging the income of the Bengal zamindars. Since the revenue demand was fixed under the Permanent Settlement, the colonial state could not claim any share of this enhanced income. Keen on expanding its financial resources, the colonial government had to think of ways to maximise its land revenue (REASON). So in territories annexed in the nineteenth century, temporary revenue settlements were made. There were other reasons too. When officials devise policies, their thinking is deeply shaped by economic theories they are familiar with. By the 1820s, the economist David Ricardo was a celebrated figure in England. Colonial officials had learnt Ricardian ideas during their college years. In Maharashtra when British officials set about formulating the terms of the early settlement in the 1820s, they operated with some of these ideas.