UPSC CSE Prelims
Question 79
Consider the following:
- Assessment of land revenue on the basis of nature of the soil and the quality of crops
- Use of mobile cannons in warfare
- Cultivation of tobacco and red chillies
Which of the above was/were introduced into India by the English?
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Correct answer: D
Correct Option: D
Explanation: These practices or crops reached India before or through other powers, not first through English introduction.
Statement/Item-wise Analysis:
1: Incorrect - Soil- and crop-based revenue assessment had earlier Indian precedents, including Mughal administration.
2: Incorrect - Mobile field artillery was used before British rule, prominently by Babur in 1526.
3: Incorrect - Tobacco and chillies arrived via Portuguese/earlier Columbian Exchange trade, not English introduction.
Option-wise Analysis:
A: Incorrect - includes incorrect item 1.
B: Incorrect - includes incorrect items 1, 2.
C: Incorrect - includes incorrect items 2, 3.
D: Correct - no listed statement/item is valid.