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Question
Answer the following question briefly:
In the context of Permanent Settlement of Bengal answer the following:
What are its advantages?
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Solution
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.
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What were the fundamental changes introduced by these systems in the traditional land system of the country?
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The Indian villages were ____________ communities before the coming of the British.
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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.
