Q. Which of the following is/are features of the Permanent Settlement?:
1. The zamindars of Bengal were recognised as the owners of land as long as they paid the revenue to the East India Company regularly.
2. This settlement gave the administrative and judicial functions to the zamindars.
Which of the above given statement is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
The main features of the Permanent Settlement were as follows:
- The zamindars of Bengal were recognised as the owners of land as long as they paid the revenue to the East India Company regularly.
- The amount of revenue that the zamindars had to pay to the Company was firmly fixed and would not be raised under any circumstances. In other words the Government of the East India Company got 89% leaving the rest to the zamindars.
- The ryots became tenants since they were considered the tillers of the soil.
- This settlement took away the administrative and judicial functions of the zamindars.
Source: Tamil Nadu Board Class 12
