2021 · Q112
Which one of the following statements about the situation in the Ryotwari areas is correct?
Indian Freedom StruggleLabour and peasant movements
- AA large amount of land passed into the hands of the money lenders, merchants and rich peasants, who usually utilised the services of the tenants.
- BLandless labourers became the land owners.
- CIt stopped the practice of leasing out land to tenants at high prices.
- DLandlordism was totally destroyed.
Explanation
The Ryotwari system was one of the three principal methods of revenue collection in British India. It was prevalent in most of southern India, being the standard system of the Madras Presidency. This was practised in the Madras and Bombay areas, as well as Assam and Coorg provinces. The system was devised by Capt. Alexander Read and Thomas Munro at the end of the 18th century.