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Terminology

Administrator : a person responsible for carrying out the administration of a business or organisation
Revenue : income, especially of an organisation and of a substantial nature
Eliminate : completely remove or get rid of (something)
Sovereign : a supreme ruler, especially a monarch
Peasantry : smallholders and agricultural labourers of low social status
Requisite : made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations
Consciousness : the state of being aware of and responsive to one’s surroundings
Litigation : the process of taking legal action

Inside Story
Inside Story
g Indian economy has always been mainly agrarian and land settlements have direct and
immediate impact on the agrarian and the general economy of the country.

g The Permanent Settlement that was firstly created and developed by Lord Cornwallis in the
year of 1973.
g The Permanent Settlement of the Bengal was the famous measures of Lord Cornwallis.

g The Mahalwari System proved socially disastrous and economically ruinous.
g The Revenue System of British had disastrous effect on India’s agrarian economy.
g The exploitation of the farmers made them understand that the planters had slowly got
them into debt-traps.

A. Tick (3) the correct option.

1. Permanent Settlement system was introduced by:
(a) Warren Hastings b) Lord Cornwallis (c) Lord Dalhousie

2. The settlement which was made, constituting the whole village community jointly and
severally.

(a) Ryotwari System (b) Zamindari System (c) Permanent Settlement
3. The Mahalwari System was first adopted in:
(a) Agra and Awadh (b) Bihar (c) Maharashtra

4. In south India ___________ was introduced.
(a) Ryotwari System b) Permanent Settlement

(c) Mahalwari System

B. Fill in the blanks.
1. The earliest land settlement of _______________ in Bengal was made on the assumption
that all land belonged to the sovereign.

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