Choose the correct statements among the following:
(A) English East India Company acquires 'Diwani' of Bengal in 1765.
(B) Santhals rebelled in 1865 .
(C) Permanent Settlement was introduced in 1790.
(D) Regulating Act was passed in 1770 .
(E) The report of the Deccan Riots Commission was presented to the British parliament in 1878.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (E) Only
(A) English East India Company acquires ‘Diwani’ of Bengal in 1765. Correct. The Company acquired the Diwani of Bengal in 1765.
(B) Santhals rebelled in 1865. Incorrect. The Santhal rebellion took place in 1855-56, not in 1865.
(C) Permanent Settlement was introduced in 1790. Incorrect. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in Bengal in 1793.
(D) Regulating Act was passed in 1770. Incorrect. The Regulating Act was passed by the British Parliament in 1773 to regulate the activities of the East India Company.
(E) The report of the Deccan Riots Commission was presented to the British parliament in 1878. Correct. The commission set up after the Deccan riots of 1875 produced a report that was presented to the British Parliament in 1878.
NCERT (2026-27): “4. The Deccan Riots Commission … But the Government of India, worried by the memory of 1857, pressurised the Government of Bombay to set up a commission of enquiry to investigate into the causes of the riots. The commission produced a report that was presented to the British Parliament in 1878. This report, referred to as the Deccan Riots Report, provides historians with a range of sources for the study of the riot.…”
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