Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

The Permanent Settlement came into operation in ______.

Options:

1864

1757

1793

1800

Correct Answer:

1793

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → 1793

Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805) 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.