Multiple choice

When was the Rent Act passed in Bombay?

  1. 1784

  2. 1898

  3. 1914

  4. 1918

  5. 1919
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. Rent Act was passed in 1918, to keep rents reasonable. But it had the opposite effect of producing a severe housing crisis, since landlords withdrew houses from the market.

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