Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :
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List I
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List II
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I. Land allotted to big feudal landlords
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(A) Jagirdari System
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II. Land allotted to revenue farmers or rent collectors
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(B) Ryotwari System
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III. Land allotted to each peasant with the right to sublet, mortgage, transfer, gift or sell
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(C) Mahalwari System
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IV. Revenue settlements made at village level
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(D) Zamindari System
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Codes:
Answer:
I-A, II-D, III-B, IV-C
Notes: • The system of assignment of revenue of a particular territory to the nobles for their services to the state continued under the Mughals also. Under the Mughals, the areas assigned were generally called Jagir and its holders Jagirdars.
• The Ryotwari system was a land revenue system in British India, introduced by Thomas Munro in 1820 based on system administered by Captain Alexander Read in the Baramahal district.
• Mahalwari system, one of the three main revenue systems of land tenure in British India, the other two being the zamindar (landlord) and the ryotwari (individual cultivator). The word mahalwari is derived from the Hindi mahal, meaning a house or, by extension, a district.
• Zamindari System was introduced by Cornwallis in 1793 through Permanent Settlement Act. It was introduced in provinces of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Varanasi. Zamindars were recognized as owner of the lands. Zamindars were given the rights to collect the rent from the peasants.