Prelims GS October 23, 2025

1.  Consider the following statements about the Bengal countryside at the time of the Permanent Settlement : 

  1. The zamindars' troops were disbanded.  
  2. Within the villages, the power of jotedars was more effective than that of zamindars. 
  3. The East India Company made a rule that the property of women would not be taken over. 
  4. Adhiyars were sharecroppers on the land owned by bargadars. 

Which of the statements given above are correct?