Topic: Regulating Acts (8 Questions)

    With reference to revenue collection by Cornwallis, consider the following statements:

    • 1.Under the Ryotwari Settlement of revenue collection, the peasants were exempted from revenue payment in case of bad harvests or natural calamities.
    • 2.Under the Permanent Settlement in Bengal, if the Zamindar failed to pay his revenues to the state, on or before the fixed date, he would be removed from his Zamindari.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    2023

    By which one of the following Acts was the Governor General of Bengal designated as the Governor General of India?

    2019

    Consider the following statements about ‘the Charter Act of 1813’:

    1. It ended the trade monopoly of the East India Company in India except for trade in tea and trade with China.
    2. It asserted the sovereignty of the British Crown over the Indian territories held by the Company.
    3. The revenues of India were now controlled by the British Parliament.

    Which of the statements given above are correct?

    2018

    Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India?

    1. Charter Act of 1813
    2. General Committee of Public Instruction
    3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy

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