Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Change and Development in Rural Society

Question:

Impact of the abolition of Zamindari system has led to:

Options:

increasing economic and political power of Zamindars

wiped out landlordism

end of sharecropping system

removal of layer of intermediaries between cultivators and the state

Correct Answer:

removal of layer of intermediaries between cultivators and the state

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (4) → removal of layer of intermediaries between cultivators and the state

The abolition of the Zamindari system was introduced as a land reform measure in post-independence India. The primary goal was to eliminate Zamindars, who acted as intermediaries collecting rent from cultivators and paying a share to the state. This reform aimed to directly connect cultivators (the actual tillers of the land) with the government, thereby removing exploitative middlemen and providing cultivators with ownership rights.