Civil Services WBCS (Executive) Prelims + Mains Mock Tests 2025 General Knowledge Modern India (Pre-Congress Phase) India under East India Company’s Rule
With reference to Lord Cornwallis’s Permanent Settlement, which one of the following statements is not correct?
1
Under the Zamindari system, the land revenue was collected from the farmers by the intermediaries known as Zamindars.
2
The system was most prevalent in West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, UP, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
3
According to the Permanent Land revenue settlement the peasants were recognized as the permanent owners of the land.
4
The condition of the actual cultivators of the land declined under Permanent Settlement.