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Question
Consider the following statements regarding the early years of the East India Company establishment in India:
I. The colonial rule was first established in The Bengal.
II. In the beginning, the earliest attempts were made to reorder rural society and establish a new regime of land rights and a new revenue system.
III. The Permanent Settlement had come into operation in 1793. The East India Company had fixed the revenue that each zamindar had to pay.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Options
Only I
I and II
I and III
All of the above
Solution
All of the above
Explanation:
The English East India Company (E.I.C.) built its raj in the countryside, applied its revenue policies, and saw how these policies affected diverse groups of people. Bengal was the first place where colonial rule was established. The first attempts to reorder rural culture and establish a new regime of land rights and a new income system were made in the beginning.