Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

Read the passage and answer the questions :

"In introducing permanent Settlement, the British officials hoped that with the revenue demand of the state being permanently fixed would lead to regular flow of revenue and earn profit. This would lead to the emergence of a class of yeomen farmers and rice landowners who would be nurtured by the British and will be loyal to the East India Company. If the revenue failed, the estates were to be auctioned."

Match List I with List II:

LIST I

LIST II

 A. Permanent Settlement  

 I. 1813

 B. Regulating Act

 II. 1773

 C. The Fifth Report

 III. 1793  

 D. Auction in Burdwan

 IV. 1797

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Options:

A-II, B-III, C-IV, D-I

A-I, B-II, C-III, D-IV

A-II, B-III, C-I, D-IV

A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

Correct Answer:

A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV