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UPSC CDS Indian Economy — practice questions

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The Permanent Settlement of Bengal came into operation in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →At the 1797 Burdwan auction, what share of the sales turned out to be fictitious?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Permanent Settlement, who were classified as zamindars?Read the answer and worked solution →Under which law could a zamindari be auctioned if payment did not arrive by sunset of the due date?Read the answer and worked solution →Francis Buchanan's survey of which North Bengal district describes the rich peasants called jotedars?Read the answer and worked solution →Sharecroppers who worked jotedar land and gave half the produce were called:Read the answer and worked solution →A transaction made in the name of a fictitious person while the real beneficiary stays hidden is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Fifth Report on the East India Company was submitted to Parliament in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Francis Buchanan is often called Buchanan-Hamilton. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →The hill folk of the Rajmahal hills who practised shifting cultivation were the:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Collector of Bhagalpur proposed a policy of pacification of the Paharias in the 1780s?Read the answer and worked solution →The area demarcated in 1832 as the land of the Santhals was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Santhal villages in Damin-i-Koh grew from 40 in 1838 to how many by 1851?Read the answer and worked solution →Santhals called the moneylenders who took over their land by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Santhal Revolt of 1855-56, how large an area became the Santhal Pargana?Read the answer and worked solution →The Deccan revolt of 1875 began in which large village of Poona district?Read the answer and worked solution →The revenue system of the Bombay Deccan, settled directly with the cultivator, was called:Read the answer and worked solution →A famine devastated the Deccan in which years, killing a third of the cattle?Read the answer and worked solution →The Cotton Supply Association was founded in Britain in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →By 1862, what share of Britain's cotton imports came from India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Limitation Law of 1859 made loan bonds between moneylenders and ryots valid for how long?Read the answer and worked solution →The Deccan Riots Commission presented its report to the British Parliament in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the rural groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Rajmahal wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Bengali termsRead the answer and worked solution →Bengal or DeccanRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Countryside bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Permanent Settlement of Bengal came into operation in which year?

  1. 1793
  2. 1757
  3. 1813
  4. 1857
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Correct answer: A. 1793

1. Cornwallis was Governor General. 2. It was introduced in 1793. 3. Revenue was fixed in perpetuity. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 10, Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives._

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At the 1797 Burdwan auction, what share of the sales turned out to be fictitious?

  1. Under 5 per cent
  2. Over 95 per cent
  3. About 10 per cent
  4. Exactly 50 per cent
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Correct answer: B. Over 95 per cent

1. The raja's own agents bought the estates. 2. Over 95 per cent of sales were fictitious. 3. He stayed in control of his zamindari. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 10, Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives._

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Under the Permanent Settlement, who were classified as zamindars?

  1. Rajas and taluqdars
  2. Ryots and under-ryots
  3. Jotedars and mandals
  4. Company collectors
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Correct answer: A. Rajas and taluqdars

1. The Company sought people who could pay fixed revenue. 2. Rajas and taluqdars became zamindars. 3. The zamindar was a revenue collector, not a landowner. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 10, Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives._

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