2012 · Q70
Consider the following statements :
- 1By the early nineteenth century British carried out detailed surveys.
- 2The effort was to know the topography, the soil quality, the flora, the fauna, the logical histories and the cropping pattern.
Which of these statements is/are correct ?
History and CultureModern history
- A1 only
- B2 only
- CBoth 1 and 2
- DNeither 1 nor 2
Explanation
By the early nineteenth century the British were conducting detailed surveys — revenue surveys, Buchanan's surveys (1807–14) and the Great Trigonometrical Survey begun in 1802 — so statement 1 is correct. Their purpose was to record topography, soil quality, flora, fauna, local histories and cropping patterns for administration and revenue, so statement 2 is correct. Hence both.