The Cornwallis Code is a body of legislation enacted in 1793 by the East India Company to improve th...........

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The Cornwallis Code is a body of legislation enacted in 1793 by the East India Company to improve the governance of its territories in India. It provided which of the following?

1. The local administration was placed in the hands of the revenue collectors of districts.

2. The land revenue assessment was fixed permanently with zamindars.

3. East India Company’s service personnel be divided into three branches: revenue, judicial, and commercial.

4. Private trade was forbidden to any members of the East India Company.

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2&4 only

1,2&3 only

1,3&4 only

2,3&4 only

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Explanation:

Statement 2: The code contained significant provisions - governing, policing and judicial and civil administration and Its best known provision was the Permanent Settlement (or the zamindari system enacted in 1793), which established a revenue collection scheme which lasted until the 20th century.
Statement 1 and 3: The judiciary was reorganized; there were district judges with magisterial powers responsible to provincial courts in civil cases and to courts of circuit in criminal cases.The law administered was Hindu and Muslim personal law and a modified Muslim criminal code.The higher ranks of the services were restricted to the British, thus depriving the Indians of any responsible office.
Statement 4: Private trade was forbidden to the members of the first two branches, and they were instead compensated by a new and generous scale of pay. The land revenue assessment (the major source of revenue) was fixed permanently with zamindars, or hereditary revenue collectors.