History · Ruling the Countryside
Read the assertion (A) and reason (R) carefully: Assertion (A): The Mahalwari settlement for revenue collection in the North Western Provinces of Bengal Presidency was devised by Holt Mackenzie. Reason (R): Under this system, the charge of collecting the revenue and paying it to the East India Company was given to the village headman (lambardar), rather than the zamindar. Choose the correct option:
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- 1(A) is false but (R) is true
- 2Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A)✓
- 3Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) does not explain (A)
- 4(A) is true but (R) is false
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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) explains (A)
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