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प्रश्न
Answer the following question briefly:
In the context of Permanent Settlement of Bengal answer the following:
What are its advantages?
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उत्तर
Advantages
- The Company was assured of a fixed revenue at a fixed time even during natural calamities.
- The collection of revenue was simpler and cheaper. The zamindars replaced hundreds of paid tax officials.
- The British won the support and loyalty of the powerful and privileged class of zamindars that they had created.
- As permanent owners of the lands, the zamindars took several steps to increase agricultural production whose benefits they would enjoy.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Fill in the blanks:
Before the advent of the British, the Indian textile industry was the _________ and the __________ in the world.
Fill in the blank:
__________ introduced the railway system in India in 1853.
Choose the correct answer:
The Treaty of ________ granted the English East India Company the right to collect revenue from Bihar, Bengal, and Orissa.
Choose the correct answer:
The first railway line was from Bombay to _________.
State whether the following is true or false:
The Permanent Settlement assured the Company a fixed revenue at a fixed time even during natural calamities.
Answer the following question in one or two words/sentences:
Which section of Indians gained from the British commercial policies?
Fill in the blanks:
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 British took interest in building up transport and communication system to help them in trade and military affairs.
State whether the following statement is True or False:
The English took great interest in Indian culture and promoted it.
