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प्रश्न
With reference to Ryotwari and Mahalwari systems answer the following:
What were the features of the Ryotwari system?
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उत्तर
‘Mahal’ means a group of villages. Under this system, the land was collectively owned by the villagers. The revenue settlement was made with the village as a whole. The talukdar or head of the mahal collected the revenue and handed it over to the British collectors. the peasants or cultivators were regarded as the owners of the land. They had ownership rights, could sell, mortgage, or gift the land. The taxes were directly collected by the government from the peasants. The rates were 50% in dryland and 60% in the wetland.
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A large share of revenue collected by the Company in India had to be paid to the British government as ___________.
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Before the advent of the British, the Indian textile industry was the _________ and the __________ in the world.
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The Permanent Settlement assured the Company a fixed revenue at a fixed time even during natural calamities.
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The Indian peasants were satisfied with the Company’s revenue collection methods.
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In the context of Permanent Settlement of Bengal answer the following:
Briefly describe its disadvantages
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With reference to Ryotwari and Mahalwari systems answer the following:
What were the fundamental changes introduced by these systems in the traditional land system of the country?
Fill in the blank:
The Indian villages were ____________ communities before the coming of the British.
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The three kinds of land settlements made by the British were (a) _________ (b) __________ and (c) ____________
Match the contents of Column A and Column B:
| Column A | Column B |
| 1. Ijaradari system | (a) Introduced by Lord Cornwallis |
| 2. Cotton, jute, poppy, sugarcane | (b) Linked with ports to make trade easier |
| 3. Ryotwari system | (c) First train from Mumbai to Thane |
| 4. permanent Settlement | (d) Calcutta linked to coalfields |
| 5. 1854 | (e) A new middle class |
| 6. 1856 | (f) Collective responsibility of farmers to pay the revenue |
| 7. All major raw material producing areas | (g) Cash crops grown by farmers |
| 8. Mahalwari system | (h) Railway line joined Madras to Arakonam |
| 9. 1853 | (i) Settlement made directly with cultivators |
| 10. Zamindars | (j) Auctioning of revenue to the highest bidder for five years |
State whether the following statement is True or False:
The first railway line was built during Lord Dalhousie’s time.
