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?

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Correct answer: None. Statement 1 is incorrect: After getting the Diwani rights of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa in 1765 the major aim of the British East India Company was to increase their land revenue collection without caring of its consequences on cultivators and peasants. Statement 2 is incorrect: The first recorded use of Artillery in India is at the Battle of Adoni in 1368 by the Bahamani kings against the Raja of Vijaya-nagar. Statement 3 is incorrect: Tobacco and Red Chillies were introduced by Portuguese not British. 224

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?

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