BA LLB Banaras Hindu University 2018 Solved Paper

Question : 36 of 170

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The Ryotwari experiment in land revenue was started by

David Ricard
Alexander Reed
Both of these
None of these

Solution:

The Ryotwari system was introduced by Sir Thomas Munro and Captain Alexander Reed in 1820. In Ryotwari System the ownership rights were handed over to the peasants. British Government collected taxes directly from the peasants. The revenue rates of Ryotwari System were

50 \%

where the lands were dry and

60 \%

in irrigated land.

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