Question

Under the Permanent Land revenue settlement, zamindars were allowed to ______?
A) Cultivate the land
B) Sale and purchase land
C) Make money
D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint:The Zamindars were made the owner of the lands and as tax on land was fixed, more and more landlords started investing in land.

Complete answer:
The Permanent Land revenue system was a British measure to exploit the Indians by giving landlords and zamindars leverage to own lands and use labourers and pay tax to the British. This policy was brought by Lord Cornwallis in 1793. This law was enacted in Bihar, Bengal ,Odisha and then later in Northern Madras presidency and the district of Varanasi.Company retained the ultimate ownership and was able to sell the land via public auction if the fixed rent was not paid on due date by Zamindar. Now let us take a look on the options-

To cultivate land - Land cultivation was already in vogue before the Permanent settlement and this act did not about it Therefore it is an incorrect option.
Sale and purchase land- Landlords or zamindars were recognised as the actual owners of the land and had the leverage to sell or purchase land Hence this is the correct answer.
Make money- It was the British who were making money as they had fixed a tax rate of 10/ 11 of the total income . Hence this is an incorrect answer.
None of these- As option B) is the correct option therefore it is the incorrect option.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B) Sale and purchase land.

Note:The owners of lands were given hereditary rights of succession. They were given assurance that the tax would remain the same. This system was detrimental to the plight of the peasants and laborers who were exploited by the landlords for more productivity of land to earn more.Zamindars became petty capitalists and started investing in trade and commerce which had a positive impact on other segments of economy.