initial modern india mcq set 4 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Answer: (d)

Under the Ryotwari system, every registered holder of land was recognized as its proprietor and paid directly to the government.

The registered agreement called pattas was given to the Ryots to recognize their ownership rights.

Answer: (c)

Answer: (d)

Vasco Da Gama came to India for three times. He arrived in India in September 1524 and died in the city of Cochin on Christmas Eve in 1524, three months after his arrival.

As per royal instructions, Gama was succeeded as governor of India by one of the captains who had come with him, Henrique de Menezes.

Answer: (b)

The British East India Company opened its first factory in India at Surat. The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river Hugly in 1651.

Answer: (d)

Permanent settlement comprises Zamindar as middleman to collect the land revenue. The Zamindars were made the owners of the whole land in their Zamindari as long as they paid their dues to the state and they worked as agents of government in collecting the land revenue.

Answer: (d)

Lord Cornwallis introduced permanent settlement in Bengal. The land was given on permanent basis to the Zamindars. This system brought prosperity to both the company and the Zamindars at the cost of the common peasantry.