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- 1793
- 1853
- 1773
- 1813
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Correct answer: A. 1793
Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Settlement in 1793.
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In which year was the Permanent Settlement introduced in Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Who introduced the Permanent Settlement of 1793?Read the answer and worked solution →With whom did the Company settle revenue under Permanent Settlement?Read the answer and worked solution →What was permanently fixed under the Permanent Settlement?Read the answer and worked solution →Under Ryotwari, land revenue was assessed directly on whom?Read the answer and worked solution →Which region was a principal area of the Permanent Settlement?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian thinker put forward the drain-of-wealth theory?Read the answer and worked solution →Which trade pattern grew as British factory textiles entered India?Read the answer and worked solution →Wood's Despatch on education was issued in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which person gave Wood's Despatch its name?Read the answer and worked solution →Which cities received universities in 1857?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did revenue deadlines push peasants towards lenders?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did colonial rulers favour training Indians as English-speaking clerks?Read the answer and worked solution →Which employee quality did Wood's Despatch aim to develop?Read the answer and worked solution →
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Who introduced the Permanent Settlement of 1793?
- Lord Dalhousie
- Lord Cornwallis
- Warren Hastings
- Lord Wellesley
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Correct answer: B. Lord Cornwallis
Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Settlement to replace earlier revenue arrangements.
With whom did the Company settle revenue under Permanent Settlement?
- Individual ryots
- Village councils
- Urban trading guilds
- Hereditary zamindars
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Correct answer: D. Hereditary zamindars
The Company fixed the land-revenue demand payable by zamindars.
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