Question

State any one objective of the surveys and reports conducted by the British​

Answer 1

• ᴅᴇᴛᴀɪʟᴇᴅ sᴜʀᴠᴇʏs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙʀɪᴛɪsʜ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴘ ᴀʟʟ ᴏғ ɪɴᴅɪᴀ, ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴠᴇɴᴜᴇ sᴜʀᴠᴇʏs (ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇ ʜᴏᴡ ᴍᴜᴄʜ ᴛᴀx ᴡᴀs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ) ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴅᴜᴄᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴠɪʟʟᴀɢᴇs ɪɴ ᴏʀᴅᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴏᴘᴏɢʀᴀᴘʜʏ, ᴛʜᴇ ϙᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ ᴏғ sᴏɪʟ, ғʟᴏʀᴀ, ғᴀᴜɴᴀ, ᴄʀᴏᴘᴘɪɴɢ ᴘᴀᴛᴛᴇʀɴs, ᴇᴛᴄ.

Answer 2

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Detailed surveys were carried out by the British to map all of India, and revenue surveys (to decide how much tax was to be collected from where) were conducted in villages in order to know the topography, the quality of soil, flora, fauna, cropping patterns, etc