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A1854
B1858
C1870
D1860
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. 1860
1. After the 1857-58 fiscal crisis the British aggressively hunted for new revenue.
2. Stamp Duty was imposed on Assam in 1858.
3. Income Tax, License Tax and Grazing Tax followed in 1860.
4. Together these raised the tax burden by 100 per cent between 1854 and 1870.
_Source: SEBA Class X Social Science, History Part-I, Ch 3, §3.2_
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