Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Over 75 per cent of the zamindaris changed hands after the Permanent Settlement. b. A number of estates held by the Raja of Burdwan were sold in 1798 in an auction for recovering arrears under the Permanent Settlement Act. c. Over 95 per cent of the sale at the auction of Raja of Burdwan's estates was fictitious.

Which of the following statements is/are correct about jotedars?

a. They were a class of rich peasants. b. They controlled local trade as well as moneylending. c. A large part of their land was cultivated through ryotdars. d. When the estates of the zamindars were auctioned for failure to make revenue payment, jotedars often bought them.

Which of the following statements is/are correct about the Fifth Report?

a. It was produced by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton. b. There were intense parliamentary debates on the nature of the East India Company’s rule in India due to it. c. It became the basis for the Permanent Settlement Act of Bengal.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Francis Buchanan undertook detailed surveys of the areas under the jurisdiction of the British East India Company. b. He proposed a policy of pacification of Paharia chiefs by giving them an annual allowance and made them responsible for the proper conduct of their men. c. Buchanan travelled through the Rajamahal Hills region in the winter of 1810-11 and was welcomed by the Paharias.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The Santhals revolted against the state in 1850. b. The Santhal Pargana was created from the districts of Bhagalpur and Birbhum. c. Over 80,000 Santhals died in the revolt as the orders to exterminate them had been given by William Hodges.

Which of the following statements is/are incorrect?

a. The British encouraged forest clearance, and zamindars and jotedars turned uncultivated lands into rice fields. b. The lower Rajmahal Hills were taken over by Santhal settlers with the support of the Company by 1780. c. A large area of land was demarcated as Damin-i-Koh and was declared to be the land of the Santhals by 1832.

Through the nineteenth century, peasants in various parts of India rose in revolt against moneylenders and grain dealers. In which year did the Deccan Revolt occur?

When was the Manchester Cotton Company formed?

Which of the following statements is/are correct about Buchanan's journals?

a. He was critical of the lifestyles of forest dwellers and felt that forests had to be turned into agricultural lands. b. While recording the lanscape, he always recorded what crops could be cultivated, which trees could be cut down, and which ones could be grown in place of the present vegetation. c. He obsessively observed the stones and rocks, and the different strata and layers of soil.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The British passed the Limitation Law in 1857. b. It stated that the loan bonds signed between moneylenders and ryots would have validity for only one year. c. The moneylenders got around the law by forcing the ryots to sign a new bond every time and adding the original loan and the accumulated interest as the principal on which a new set of interest charges was calculated.

The revenue system that was introduced in Bombay Deccan was the

In which year did the Deccan riots commission produce the report that was presented to the British Parliament?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. Francis Buchanan was a physician who served in Bengal Medical Service. b. For a few years, he was surgeon to the Governor-General of India, Lord Clive. c. He was instrumental in establishing the new ryotwari system in Bombay Deccan.

At the time of rent collection, an officer of the zamindar came to the village. What was this official called?

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

a. The Permanent Settlement Act of Bengal came into operation in 1797. b. Under this Act, the East India Company had fixed the revenue that each zamindar had to pay. c. The recovery of all this revenue was done through auctioning off of the zamindar's properties.