Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

Permanent Settlement Act was passed in Bengal under which of the following Governor General?

Options:

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Dalhousie

Lord Wellesley

Lord Canning

Correct Answer:

Lord Cornwallis

Explanation:

In 1793 the Permanent Settlement Act was passed. The Governor General of Bengal was Charles Cornwallis when the Permanent Settlement was introduced there in 1793.