alleryThe shift to land tax payment in cash exposed cultivators to which group when crops failed?
AMughal officials
BMoneylenders
CTemple priests
DTribal chiefs
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Moneylenders
1. The Company wanted cash payments to buy Indian goods as a monopoly buyer.
2. When crops failed, cultivators could not pay in cash.
3. This exposed them to exorbitant demands of moneylenders.
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