Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

The jotedars were known by several names. Which among the following is not one of them?

Options:

Haoladars

Mandals

Gantidars

Bargadars

Correct Answer:

Bargadars

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → Bargadars

The jotedars were most powerful in North Bengal, although rich peasants and village headmen were emerging as commanding figures in the countryside in other parts of Bengal as well. In some places they were called haoladars, elsewhere they were known as gantidars or mandals. Their rise inevitably weakened zamindari authority.