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A) Show/hide the answer to the question) Which animal is in the desert? A) Show/hide the answer to the question) What is a low land called that lies between mountains or hills called? A) Show/hide the answer to the question) What type of trees are grown in Costal areas? A) Show/hide the answer to the question) The largest part of our area is covered by what? A) Show/hide the answer to short answers to questions: B) What is the desert? A) Show/hide the answer desert is part of the land that is very , very dry. It's covered in sand. C) What is land? A) Show/hide Answer Earth rises , flat , simple in some places. C) Describe our Earth? A) Show/ Hide The Answer Our Land consists of earth and water. What are mountains? A) Show/hide the answer They are much more than hills. The mountains are rocky. What is a forest? A) Show/hide the answer Large parts of the earth have different types of trees growing close together. Collecting revenue in the Mughal Times We learned that the Mughal Empire was a centralized revenue collection system. The land was accrued and the tax was calculated on the basis of an estimate. A third of the products were usually collected as taxes. The mansabdari system created a class of officials who were responsible for collecting revenue. They were part of the central administration. At the provincial and village level , officials have been appointed to carry out this task. However , the effectiveness of this system gradually declined as the Mughal Empire began to crumble. At this time , the system of ijara-farming was introduced. Under this system , tax collectors were appointed to collect taxes. They could keep one-tenth of the tax for themselves. They were tempted to exploit the peasants and collect more taxes in their favor. The position of income collectors soon became hereditary. However , these mine-owned countries do not have ownership of the land. They could only collect income. Although farmers are heavily dependent on climate and rain , villages have managed to reach a level of self-sufficiency. Sir Charles Metcalfe , the British administrator , called them little republics. There were weekly markets where people gathered to exchange goods. Although irrigation facilities were provided by the rulers , they did not fully meet the needs of the farmer. Tax systems under the British When the British got diwani Bengal , they felt the need to develop a system of revenue collection. Initially , the proceeds were collected on their behalf by Reza Khan , but the system was soon terminated due to corruption and mismanagement. A series of famines devastated Bengal during this period. However , income collection continued to be relentless. At this stage , the English East India Company has decided to start income directly. The first Governor-General , Warren Hastings , decided to hold an auction to raise the proceeds. This meant that any bidder who promised to collect the highest amount of income would be paid for a particular area. This led to a great exploitation of the peasantry. Cultivators in some villages have fled to avoid taxation. The company was also unable to rely on a fixed income as the amount of revenue changed each year. The English East India Company has now realized that it will have to develop another mechanism that solves these problems and guarantees it a stable income from agricultural revenues. Warren Hastings Permanent Settlement (1793) When Lord Cornwallis became Governor-General , he introduced a system of income from land called permanent settlement. It was introduced in Bengal , Bihar , Orissa and parts of the Madras presidency. The zamindars became hereditary owners of the land. This meant that the peasants became their tenants and lost their rights to forests , ponds and other common lands. The amount of tax was set on a permanent basis. The permanen","cbCaifopcyDAAogo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifopcyDAAogo","pdf",51740,"English","# Mind Maps Class\n## ArrayOne Word Answer Questions\n## Short Answers to Questions\n# Collecting revenue in the Mughal Times\n## Revenue collection structure\n## ijara-farming and its effects\n## Markets and self-sufficiency\n# Tax systems under the British\n## Bengal diwani and corruption\n## Auction-based collection\n# Warren Hastings Permanent Settlement (1793)\n## Zamindars and peasant tenant status\n## Tax permanence and justifications\n## Impact on peasants\n# Ryotvari system\n## Direct agreements with cultivators\n## Annual review and limitations","[{\"question\":\"What system did the Mughal Empire use to collect revenue?\",\"answer\":\"The Mughal Empire used a centralized revenue collection system where land was assessed and tax was calculated based on estimates. 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