Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

Which act was introduced in Bengal when he was the Governor General?

Options:

Doctrine of Lapse

Permanent Settlement Act

Limitation law 

None of the above

Correct Answer:

Permanent Settlement Act

Explanation:

Charles Cornwallis was the commander of the British forces during the American War of Independence and the Governor General of Bengal when the Permanent Settlement was introduced there in 1793.