Permanent Settlement 1793 and its Results

Q. What were the effects of the Permanent Settlement?

1. The settlement did not offer any remission during crop failure and famine, thus burdening the peasants and zamindars.
2. The cultivators made the maximum profit.
3. Zamindars were also exploited as many found it difficult to pay the high revenue fixed.
4. There was no investment in improving lands.

Q. Who were Palegars?

1. Palegars were petty chiefs of the ceded districts.
2. Palegars were chiefs of districts still under the Nizam.
3. Palegars were chiefs in districts under the Nizam appointed by the British.
4. Palegars were chiefs of the ceded districts appointed by the British.

Q. How did the Permanent Settlements system fail to meet the objectives for which the British had introduced it?

1. Since the revenue to be given to the British was fixed, the zamindars pocketed a lot of money by demanding more revenue from the peasants.
2. The system gave steady revenue to the company which was one of its objectives.
3. The zamindars got more money as rent from landless peasants and did not want to work to improve the quality of the land for agriculture.
4. The Permanent Settlement system did not have any issues and was successful in meeting all of the objectives that the British had planned.

Q.

Who introduced the settlement in the North-West Provinces of the Bengal Presidency?

1. None of the above

2. Holt Mackenzie

3. George Mackenzie

4. George Oxinden

Q. Who do you think profited the most from the Permanent Settlement?

1. The East India Company
2. The cultivators and peasants
3. The zamindars
4. None of the above

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1. The zamindars got more money as rent from landless peasants and did not want to work to improve the quality of the land for agriculture.
2. The Permanent Settlement system did not have any issues and was successful in meeting all of the objectives that the British had planned.
3. The system gave steady revenue to the company which was one of its objectives.
4. Since the revenue to be given to the British was fixed, the zamindars pocketed a lot of money by demanding more revenue from the peasants.

Q. In the year ___________, the Permanent Settlement was introduced.

1. 1739
2. 1793
3. 1973
4. 1797

Q. Who were Palegars?

1. Palegars were petty chiefs of the ceded districts.
2. Palegars were chiefs of districts still under the Nizam.
3. Palegars were chiefs of the ceded districts appointed by the British.
4. Palegars were chiefs in districts under the Nizam appointed by the British.

Q. What were the effects of the Permanent Settlement?

1. The settlement did not offer any remission during crop failure and famine, thus burdening the peasants and zamindars.
2. The cultivators made the maximum profit.
3. There was no investment in improving lands.
4. Zamindars were also exploited as many found it difficult to pay the high revenue fixed.

Q. Under which Governor-general was the Permanent Settlement introduced?

1. Lord Wellesely.
2. Lord Minto.
3. Warren Hastings.
4. Lord Cornwallis.

Q. How did the Permanent Settlements system fail to meet the objectives for which the British had introduced it?

1. Since the revenue to be given to the British was fixed, the zamindars pocketed a lot of money by demanding more revenue from the peasants.
2. The system gave steady revenue to the company which was one of its objectives.
3. The zamindars got more money as rent from landless peasants and did not want to work to improve the quality of the land for agriculture.
4. The Permanent Settlement system did not have any issues and was successful in meeting all of the objectives that the British had planned.

Q. Do you think zamindars were the chief reason for failure of permanent settlement of revenue system? Why?

Q. How did the zamindari system fail in meeting the objectives with which the British introduced it?

1. The zamindars found that they could profit from as long as they had land to rent and did not invest in improving the land.
2. The system saw steady revenue for the company, which was one of the objectives of the settlement.
3. The zamindari system saw instability in the villages, which hurt the revenue and cultivation much needed by the company.
4. The Zamindari system did not fail to meet the objectives with which the British introduced it.

Q. What were the terms of the Permanent Settlement?

1. 90% of the revenue collected by the zamindars was to be given to the government, retaining 10% as collection charges.
2. Zamindars were given the power to collect the revenue as agreed upon in the auctions.
3. The amount to be paid to the government was permanently fixed.
4. All of the above