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 rich 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:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → A-III, B-II, C-I, D-IV
(A) Permanent Settlement — this matches (III) 1793. The Permanent Settlement came into operation in Bengal in 1793; it fixed the revenue that each zamindar had to pay.
(B) Regulating Act — this matches (II) 1773. In 1773 the British Parliament passed the Regulating Act to regulate the activities of the East India Company.
(C) The Fifth Report — this matches (I) 1813. The Fifth Report, the fifth of a series of reports on the Company’s administration in India, was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813.
(D) Auction in Burdwan — this matches (IV) 1797. In 1797 a number of estates held by the Raja of Burdwan were put up for auction because he had accumulated huge arrears of revenue.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.1 An auction in Burdwan … In 1797 there was an auction in Burdwan (presentday Bardhaman). It was a big public event. A number of mahals (estates) held by the Raja of Burdwan were being sold. The Permanent Settlement had come into operation in 1793. The East India Company had fixed the revenue that each zamindar had to pay. The estates of those who failed to pay were to be auctioned to recover the revenue. Since the raja had accumulated huge arrears, his estates had been put up for auction.… 1.6 The Fifth Report … Many of the changes we are discussing were documented in detail in a report that was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813. It was the fifth of a series of reports on the administration and activities of the East India Company in India. Often referred to as the Fifth Report, it ran into 1002 pages, of which over 800 pages were appendices that reproduced petitions of zamindars and ryots, reports of collectors from different districts, statistical tables on revenue returns, and notes on the revenue and judicial administration of Bengal and Madras (present-day Tamil Nadu) written by officials.…”
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