Match List-I (Condition in rural India) with List-II (Result).List-IL…

Match List-I (Condition in rural India) with List-II (Result).

List-I	List-II
(A) Areas of assured irrigation such as the Kaveri basin	(I) Burden of taxation was less for cultivators
(B) Denial of land to the former dalit castes	(II) Agricultural production stagnated or declined
(C) Raiyatwari system of land settlement	(III) More labour was needed for intensive cultivation
(D) Zamindari system with heavy colonial land revenue	(IV) A labour force that let landowners get higher returns

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

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

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Areas of assured irrigation such as the Kaveri basin	(III) More labour was needed for intensive cultivation	The Kaveri basin is a rice-growing delta with assured irrigation. Its land was cultivated intensively, so it needed more labour, and the most unequal agrarian structures grew there.
(B) Denial of land to the former dalit castes	(IV) A labour force that let landowners get higher returns	Dalit castes were not allowed to own land, so they did most of the farm labour for the dominant landowning groups. This labour force let landowners cultivate intensively and get higher returns.
(C) Raiyatwari system of land settlement	(I) Burden of taxation was less for cultivators	Under the raiyatwari system the actual cultivators paid the tax themselves instead of zamindars. So the burden of taxation was less and cultivators invested more in agriculture.
(D) Zamindari system with heavy colonial land revenue	(II) Agricultural production stagnated or declined	The colonisers imposed heavy land revenue, so zamindars took as much as they could from the cultivators. As a result, agricultural production stagnated or declined during much of British rule.

NCERT (2026-27): “The Colonial Period …
When the British colonised India, in many areas they ruled through these local zamindars. They also granted property rights to the zamindars. Under the British, the zamindars were given more control over land than they had before. Since the colonisers also imposed heavy land revenue (taxes) on agriculture, the zamindars extracted as much produce or money as they could out of the cultivators. One result of this zamindari system was that agricultural production stagnated or declined during much of the period of British rule. …”

“There is a direct correspondence between agricultural productivity and the agrarian structure. In areas of assured irrigation, those with plentiful rainfall or artificial irrigation works (such as rice-growing regions in river deltas, for instance the Kaveri basin in Tamil Nadu) more labour was needed for intensive cultivation. Here the most unequal agrarian structures developed. …”

Match List-I (Condition in rural India) with List-II (Result).

List-I	List-II
(A) Areas of assured irrigation such as the Kaveri basin	(I) Burden of taxation was less for cultivators
(B) Denial of land to the former dalit castes	(II) Agricultural production stagnated or declined
(C) Raiyatwari system of land settlement	(III) More labour was needed for intensive cultivation
(D) Zamindari system with heavy colonial land revenue	(IV) A labour force that let landowners get higher returns

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

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

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Areas of assured irrigation such as the Kaveri basin	(III) More labour was needed for intensive cultivation	The Kaveri basin is a rice-growing delta with assured irrigation. Its land was cultivated intensively, so it needed more labour, and the most unequal agrarian structures grew there.
(B) Denial of land to the former dalit castes	(IV) A labour force that let landowners get higher returns	Dalit castes were not allowed to own land, so they did most of the farm labour for the dominant landowning groups. This labour force let landowners cultivate intensively and get higher returns.
(C) Raiyatwari system of land settlement	(I) Burden of taxation was less for cultivators	Under the raiyatwari system the actual cultivators paid the tax themselves instead of zamindars. So the burden of taxation was less and cultivators invested more in agriculture.
(D) Zamindari system with heavy colonial land revenue	(II) Agricultural production stagnated or declined	The colonisers imposed heavy land revenue, so zamindars took as much as they could from the cultivators. As a result, agricultural production stagnated or declined during much of British rule.