G8.Ruling the countryside

What does 'ryot' mean?

• Zamindar

• Peasant

• Villager

• Taluqdar

Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced?

• 1807

• 1706

• 1803

• 1793

Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom?

• Lord Cornwallis

• Holt Mackenzie

• Thomas Munroe

• Robert Clive

What is a Mahal?

• A revenue estate

• Kings empire

• Kings mansion

• Freedom movement

What is Bigha?

• Unit of temperature

• Unit of capacity

• Unit of measurement

• None of the above

In which year Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran and see the plight of the indigo cultivators?

• 1917

• 1920

• 1906

• 1915

Before 1865, the Company had purchased goods in India by importing________&_______ from Britain.

• Cotton & Indigo

• Gold and silver

Name the revenue collecting system introduced by Holt Mackenzie during 1822.

• Ryotwari System

• Mahalwari System

In the Mahalwari system the revenue was collected by______

• Zamindars

• Village headman

Name the land revenue settlement that was introduced in southern India.

• Permanent settlement

• Munro system

• Mahalwari settlement

• Ryotwari settlement