Test: The Economic Impact of British Rule in India -2 - SSC CGL MCQ

Rates were permanently fixed.: This statement does not distinguish between the Ryotwari system and the Permanent Settlement. Both systems involved fixing the land revenue rates, but whether these rates were permanently fixed or subject to revision is the key difference.

Settlements were made with individual cultivators.: This statement correctly distinguishes the Ryotwari system from the Permanent Settlement. In the Ryotwari system, the land revenue settlements were made directly with individual cultivators (ryots). Each cultivator was responsible for paying the land revenue for the land they cultivated. In contrast, the Permanent Settlement involved making settlements with intermediaries such as landlords or zamindars, who then collected revenue from the cultivators.

It had periodic revisions.: This statement accurately describes the Ryotwari system. Unlike the Permanent Settlement, which had fixed revenue rates, the Ryotwari system allowed for periodic revisions of land revenue rates based on factors such as changes in agricultural productivity or economic conditions.

It involved collective village bodies.: This statement does not accurately describe the Ryotwari system. Collective village bodies were more characteristic of systems like the Mahalwari system, where revenue collection was done collectively by village communities. In the Ryotwari system, revenue settlements were made directly with individual cultivators, bypassing collective village bodies