Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

Match List -1 with List - 2

List- 1 (Year)

List- 2 (Description)

(A) 1765

(I) First Revenue Settlement in Bombay Deccan

(B) 1793

(II) First Revenue Settlement in Bombay Deccan

(C) 1818

(III) English East India Company acquires Diwani of Bengal

(D) 1875

(IV) Permanent Settlement of Bengal

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

(A)-(IV), (B)-(III), (C)-(II), (D)-(I)

(A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)

(A)-(II), (B)-(I), (C)-(IV), (D)-(III)

Correct Answer:

(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1 -(A)-(III), (B)-(IV), (C)-(I), (D)-(II)

The correct match is:

List- 1 (Year)

List- 2 (Description)

(A) 1765

(III) English East India Company acquires Diwani of Bengal

(B) 1793

(IV) Permanent Settlement of Bengal

(C) 1818

(I) First Revenue Settlement in Bombay Deccan

(D) 1875

(II) First Revenue Settlement in Bombay Deccan

1765: English East India Company acquires Diwani of Bengal
1793: Permanent Settlement of Bengal
1818: First Revenue Settlement in Bombay Deccan
1875: Ryots Rebel in Deccan Villages

Timeline of important events in 18th and 19th century India:

1765: English East India Company acquires Diwani of Bengal
1773: Regulating Act passed by the British Parliament to regulate the activities of the East India Company
1793: Permanent Settlement in Bengal
1800s: Santhals begin to come to the Rajmahal hills and settle there
1818: First revenue settlement in the Bombay Deccan
1820s: Agricultural prices begin to fall
1840s-50s: A slow process of agrarian expansion in the Bombay Deccan
1855-56: Santhal rebellion
1861: Cotton boom begins
1875: Ryots in Deccan villages rebel