Which of the following is not the subject-matter of 'The Fifth Report', submitted to the British Parliament in 1813?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Military reforms required in the army.
The Fifth Report, submitted to the British Parliament in 1813, was the fifth of a series of reports on the administration and activities of the East India Company in India. It ran into 1002 pages, over 800 of them appendices of petitions, collectors’ reports, revenue tables and officials’ notes. Its concern was revenue and judicial administration, not the army.
Option (1) The administration and activities of the East India Company in India. — Correct statement. This was the subject of the whole series of reports, the Fifth Report included.
Option (2) Military reforms required in the army. — Incorrect statement. The Report and its appendices dealt with revenue and judicial administration; reform of the army was no part of it.
Option (3) Petitions of zamindars and ryots, reports of collectors from different districts. — Correct statement. These were reproduced in its appendices.
Option (4) Statistical tables on revenue returns, notes on the revenue and judicial administration of Bengal and Madras written by officials. — Correct statement. These too filled the appendices.
NCERT (2026-27): “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.…” |