Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:
Who was the Collector of Bhagalpur in the 1780s?
Options:
Warren Hastings
Robert Clive
Lord Cornwallis
Augustus Cleveland
Correct Answer:
Augustus Cleveland
Explanation:
By the 1780s, Augustus Cleveland, the Collector of Bhagalpur, proposed a policy of pacification. Paharia chiefs were given an annual allowance and made responsible for the proper conduct of their men.