Zamindars who could not pay the fixed revenue lost their zamindari, which was then:
AGiven to ryots
BKept by Company
CLeft fallow
DSold at auction
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Sold at auction
1. The demand was fixed very high.
2. Estates were sold off at auctions.
3. Zamindars did not invest in land.
_Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 3, Ruling the Countryside._
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