Question : Who among the following introduced the Ryotwari system in Madras?
Option 1: Lord Hastings
Option 2: Lord Wellesley
Option 3: Sir Thomas Munro
Option 4: Lord Connemara
Correct Answer: Sir Thomas Munro
Solution : The correct answer is Sir Thomas Munro.
In 1820, under the governance of Sir Thomas Munro, the Ryotwari settlement was initiated. This settlement system allowed peasants to have ownership of their land and gave them the liberty to sell, mortgage or gift their land as they desired. The peasants paid their land revenue directly to the government. The Ryotwari settlement system was implemented in Madras and areas of Bombay.
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Question : Who was the Governor-General during the Second Anglo-Mysore War?
Option 1: Lord Wellesley
Option 2: Lord Cornwallis
Option 3: Sir John Shore
Option 4: Warren Hastings
Question : Which of the following Governors-General introduced a code which provided for the separation of revenue from judicial administration?
Option 1: Lord Cornwallis
Option 2: William Bentinck
Option 3: Lord Wellesley
Question : Who among the following Governor-General enacted the law against the Sati practice in December 1829?
Option 1: Lord Canning
Option 2: Lord William Bentinck
Option 3: Lord Dalhousie
Option 4: Lord Warren Hastings
Question : Which of the following indicates the system introduced by Lord Cornwallis granting legal ownership of land to the Zamindars in Bengal to get a fixed revenue by a date?
Option 1: The Ryotwari System
Option 2: Mahalwari System
Option 3: Taluqdari System
Option 4: The Permanent Settlement
Question : Who founded the Asiatic Society of Bengal in 1784?
Option 1: Lord Macaulay
Option 2: Sir William Jones
Option 3: Lord Cornwallis
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