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In the ryotwari system, settlement was made directly with:

AThe moneylenders
BThe village priests
CThe cultivators
DThe zamindars
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. The cultivators
1. Officials argued that the south had no traditional zamindars. 2. So there was no middleman to fix the revenue with. 3. The settlement had to be made directly with the cultivators. 4. So the answer is the cultivators. _Source: NCERT Class 8 History Our Pasts III, Ch 3 'Ruling the Countryside'_
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