GK
INDIAN ECONOMY
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(A):the zamindari system which was implemented in the then Bengal Presidency comprising parts of India’s present-day eastern states, the profit accruing out of the agriculture sector went to the zamindars instead of the cultivators.(R):this caused immense misery and social tension among the landless labourers.
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Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
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Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are true and Reason (R) is not the correct explanation of Assertion (A).
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Assertion (A) is true but Reason (R) is false
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Assertion (A) is false but Reason (R) is true
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In 1793, Lord Cornwallis introduced the Permanent Zamindari System in Bihar and Bengal. According to this, a Zamindar was put in charge of a plot of land. He had the responsibility to pay a fixed amount of money to the Company every year.
Detailed explanation-2: -Also, after paying a huge amount of produce as rent, the farmers were in no position to buy fertilisers and pesticides to increase the productivity of the land. All this led to the stagnation of Indian agriculture.
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