Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

What was the name of the law in the colonial period, according to which, if the payment did not come in by sunset of the specified date, the zamindari was liable to be auctioned?

Options:

Evening Law

Sunset law

Auction Law

Last Ray Law

Correct Answer:

Sunset law

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - Sunset law

British India's Sunset Law, commonly referred to as the Revenue Sale Act was passed in 1793.

According to the Sunset Law, if payment did not come in by sunset of the specified date, the zamindari was liable to be auctioned.