| 1. It recognised the cultivators as the owner of land. |
| 2. It was a temporary settlement. |
| 3. It was introduced later than the permanent settlement. |
A) 1 and 2
B) 2 and 3
C) Only 1
D) All of these
Correct Answer: D
Solution :
The Ryotwari system, instituted in some parts of British India, was one of the two main systems used to collect revenues from the cultivators of agricultural land. Features of Ryotwari System| 1. Government claimed the property rights to all the land, but allotted it to the cultivators on the condition that they pay taxes. In other words, it established a direct relation between the landholder and the government. |
| 2. Farmers could use, sell, mortgage, bequeath, and lease the land as long as they paid their taxes. In other words Ryotwari system gave a proprietary right noon the landholders |
| 3. If they did not pay taxes, they were evicted |
| 4. Taxes were only fixed in a temporary settlement for a period of thirty years and then revised. |
| 5. Government had retained the right to enhance land revenue whenever it wanted |
| 6. Provided measures for revenue relief during famines but they were seldom applied in real life situation. |
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