Match List I with List II:
| List I | List II | ||
| (A) | Paharias | (I) | Damin-i-Koh |
| (B) | Santhals | (II) | An Economist |
| (C) | David Ricardo | (III) | Physician, served in Bengal Medical Service |
| (D) | Francis Buchanan | (IV) | Rajmahal Hills |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III
(A) Paharias — this matches (IV) Rajmahal Hills. The Paharias lived around the Rajmahal hills, subsisting on forest produce and practising shifting cultivation.
(B) Santhals — this matches (I) Damin-i-Koh. By 1832 a large area of land was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh and declared to be the land of the Santhals.
(C) David Ricardo — this matches (II) An Economist. By the 1820s the economist David Ricardo was a celebrated figure in England, and colonial officials had learnt Ricardian ideas in college.
(D) Francis Buchanan — this matches (III) Physician, served in Bengal Medical Service. Francis Buchanan was a physician who came to India and served in the Bengal Medical Service from 1794 to 1815.
NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 In the hills of Rajmahal … If we look at late-eighteenth-century revenue records, we learn that these hill folk were known as Paharias. They lived around the Rajmahal hills, subsisting on forest produce and practising shifting cultivation.… 2.2 The Santhals: Pioneer settlers … The Santhals were given land and persuaded to settle in the foothills of Rajmahal. By 1832 a large area of land was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh. This was declared to be the land of the Santhals. They were to live within it, practise plough agriculture, and become settled peasants.… 3.2 A new revenue system … There were other reasons too. When officials devise policies, their thinking is deeply shaped by economic theories they are familiar with. By the 1820s, the economist David Ricardo was a celebrated figure in England. Colonial officials had learnt Ricardian ideas during their college years. In Maharashtra when British officials set about formulating the terms of the early settlement in the 1820s, they operated with some of these ideas.…”
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