alleryWhich Prime Minister in 1784 ordered a change of the tax farming system?
ASir Robert Walpole
BBenjamin Disraeli
CFrederick, Lord North
DWilliam Pitt the Younger
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. William Pitt the Younger
1. Parliament noted the disastrous consequences of the tax farmers' system.
2. In 1784 Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger directed Calcutta to alter it.
3. Walpole and North belong to other periods and Disraeli to the nineteenth century.
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