Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Rebels and the Raj

Question:

After the annexation of Awadh, identify the first British revenue settlement of 1856?

Options:

Summary Settlement

Permanent Settlement

Ryotwari Settlement

Mahalwari Settlement

Correct Answer:

Summary Settlement

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Summary Settlement

".... The British land revenue policy further undermined the position and authority of the taluqdars. After annexation, the first British revenue settlement, known as the Summary Settlement of 1856, was based on the assumption that the taluqdars were interlopers with no permanent stakes in land: they had established their hold over land through force and fraud. The Summary Settlement proceeded to remove the taluqdars wherever possible. Figures show that in pre-British times, taluqdars had held 67 per cent of the total number of villages in Awadh; by the Summary Settlement this number had come down to 38 per cent. The taluqdars of southern Awadh were the hardest hit and some lost more than half of the total number of villages they had previously held.".