UPSC Prelims 2017 – Question 13

Here is Question No. 13 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2017

Q13. Which among the following was/were associated with the introduction of the Ryotwari Settlement in India during the British Rule?

1. Lord Cornwallis
2. Alexander Read
3. Thomas Munro

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
a) 1 only
b) 1 and 3 only
c) 2 and 3 only
d) 1, 2 and 3

The correct answer is 2 and 3 only. 

• During British rule, Alexander Read and Thomas Munro were involved in the introduction of the Ryotwari Settlement in India. Hence, Option 3 is correct. 

• Thomas Munro introduced the Ryotwari System in 1820. 
• It was based on the Captain Alexander Reed-managed system. 
• The system began in Tamil Nadu and was later expanded to Maharashtra, Berar, East Punjab, Coorg, and Assam. 
• Ownership rights were transferred to peasants under the Ryotwari System. 
• There were no middlemen between the government and the individual cultivator, and the British government collected taxes directly from the peasants.

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