Question

What strategies did the East India Company adopt?

• A. Levied heavy taxes on farmers.
• B. No tax concessions were sanctioned even when drought and flood destroyed the agriculture.
• C. Middle men (Zamindars) were assigned to the duty of collecting tax.
• D. Imposed the condition that the tax was to be paid in the form of cash.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C), (D)

The correct options are
A Levied heavy taxes on farmers.
B No tax concessions were sanctioned even when drought and flood destroyed the agriculture.
C Middle men (Zamindars) were assigned to the duty of collecting tax.
D Imposed the condition that the tax was to be paid in the form of cash.

The strategies adopted by the company were:
• Levied heavy taxes on farmers.
• No tax concessions were sanctioned even when drought and flood destroyed
the agriculture.
• Middle men (Zamindars) were assigned to the duty of collecting tax.
• Imposed the condition that the tax was to be paid in the form of cash.
• The farmers had to depend on 'Sahus' - the private money lenders - for loans at a high rate of interest.