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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

In the given question, a statement of Assertion is followed by a statement of Reason. Mark the correct answer.

Assertion: Rich Ryots deliberately delayed payment of the revenue to the Zamindars.
Reason: They were unable to collect the revenue timely.

Options:

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct and the Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.

Both the Assertion and the Reason are correct but the Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.

The Assertion is incorrect but the Reason is correct.

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Correct Answer:

The Assertion is correct but the Reason is incorrect.

Explanation:

Sometimes ryots deliberately delayed payment. Rich ryots and village headmen – jotedars and mandals – were only too happy to see the zamindar in trouble. The zamindar could therefore not easily assert his power over them.

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