2025 · Q81
Consider the following statements about the Bengal countryside at the time of the Permanent Settlement:
- 1The zamindars’ troops were disbanded.
- 2Within the villages, the power of jotedars was more effective than that of zamindars.
- 3The East India Company made a rule that the property of women would not be taken over.
- 4Adhiyars were sharecroppers on the land owned by bargadars.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- A2 and 4
- B1, 2 and 3
- C2, 3 and 4
- D1 and 3 only
Explanation
Under the Permanent Settlement (1793), the zamindars' troops were disbanded and their cutcherries (courts) brought under Company supervision — statement 1 is correct (NCERT Themes in Indian History). Within the villages the power of the jotedars proved more effective than that of the zamindars — statement 2 is correct. Statement 3 is likewise correct as framed, while statement 4 is wrong. Hence 1, 2 and 3, confirmed against published solutions of this paper.