Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

In Bengal. the Permanent Settlement was made by Britishers with whom?

Options:

Rajas

Taluqdars

Nawabs

Both 1 and 2

Correct Answer:

Both 1 and 2

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - Both 1 and 2

After a prolonged debate amongst Company officials, the Permanent Settlement was made with the rajas and Taluqdars of Bengal. They were now classified as zamindars, and they had to pay the revenue demand that was fixed in perpetuity. In terms of this definition, the zamindar was not a landowner in the village, but a revenue Collector of the state.