Match List I with List II.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

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

The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-I, C-IV, D-III

The correct Match is:

Explanation:

The jotedars controlled local trade as well as moneylending, exercising immense power over the poorer cultivators of the region. A large part of their land was cultivated through sharecroppers (adhiyars or bargadars) who brought their own ploughs, laboured in the field, and handed over half the produce to the jotedars after the harvest. Rich peasants in Bengal were referred to as Jotedars. They controlled local trade as well as moneylending, exercising immense power over the poorer cultivators of the region. Unlike zamindars who often lived in urban areas, jotedars were located in the villages and exercised direct control over a considerable section of poor villagers.

Raja (literally king) was a term that was often used to designate powerful zamindars in Bengal.

Dikus word was used for Moneylenders.

The Santhals, however, soon found that the land they had brought under cultivation was slipping away from their hands. The state was levying heavy taxes on the land that the Santhals had cleared, moneylenders (dikus) were charging them high rates of interest and taking over the land when debts remained unpaid, and zamindars were asserting control over the Damin area.

Lathyal, literally means- one who wields the lathi or stick. They functioned as a strongman of the zamindar.