Question
GSHardPrelims 2012Modern History

Consider the following :

  1. Assessment of land revenue on the basis of nature of the soil and the quality of crops
  2. Use of mobile cannons in warfare
  3. Cultivation of tobacco and red chillies

Which of the above was/were introduced into India by the English?

Explanation

Statement 1 is incorrect: The assessment of land revenue based on the nature of soil and quality of crops was introduced much earlier by Sher Shah Suri and later refined under the Mughal emperor Akbar during the Ain-i-Dahsala system (by Todar Mal). It was not introduced by the English.

Statement 2 is incorrect: The use of mobile cannons in warfare was introduced to India by the Mughals, particularly Babur, during the First Battle of Panipat (1526), not by the English.

Statement 3 is incorrect: The cultivation of tobacco and red chillies was introduced by the Portuguese in India after their arrival in the 16th–17th centuries, as these crops came from the Americas (New World).

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