Mark the year in which the first revenue settlement in Bombay Deccan took place?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → 1818
Note 1: This question is faulty, as NCERT contradicts itself, so there could be two answers to this question, 1818 (Option (2)) and a year of the 1820s (Option (3) 1820). Both statements are in the chapter ‘Colonialism and the Countryside’:
Timeline of the chapter: “1818 First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan”
3.3 Revenue demand and peasant debt: “The first revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan was made in the 1820s.”
The answer given by NTA, Option (2), follows the timeline, which alone gives a single year. Both portions are given below.
Note 2: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
| 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
| 21-05 S1* | – | – | 19-06 S2 | – |
* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.3 Revenue demand and peasant debt … The first revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan was made in the 1820s. The revenue that was demanded was so high that in many places peasants deserted their villages and migrated to new regions.…”
|
