GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Therefore, they carried out detailed surveys by the early 19 th century in order to map the entire country: They conducted revenue surveys in villages. They made efforts to know the topography, the soil quality, the flora, the fauna, the local histories and the cropping pattern.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution: Survey means to study or investigate important facts and figures regarding a particular subject, topic or country for acquiring additional and specific information for further study or investigation.

Detailed explanation-3: -The practice of surveying became common under the colonial administration. (i) The British believed that a country had to be properly known before it could be effectively administered. (ii) By the early nineteenth century detailed surveys were being carried out to map the entire country.

Detailed explanation-4: -There were many other surveys-botanical surveys, zoological surveys, archaeological surveys, anthropological surveys, forest surveys.