Revise 3 earlier PYQs together to build the knowledge CSE 2024 Q57 tests.
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The question this prepares you for · CSE 2024 · Q57
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 ?
1 only2 onlyBoth 1 and 2Neither 1 nor 2
Why revise these together?
All three supports build the precise comparison the target demands: 2012 Q37 details Ryotwari features (peasant-to-state rent, survey/assessment), 2011 Q53 captures the Permanent Settlement's litigation/sunset-clause character under Cornwallis, and 2017 Q13 fixes who actually introduced Ryotwari (Read/Munro, not Cornwallis). Revising them together gives a student firm command of both settlement systems' terms and consequences.