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

In which year the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal?

• 1807

• 1803

• 1789

• 1765

Who was the governor general during the introduction of Permanent Settlement?

• Lord Dalhousie

• Warren Hasting

• Charles Cornwallis

• Lord Ripon

Who produced and designed the floral cotton print during nineteenth century?

• Charles Frederick

• Thomas Wood

• James William

• William Morris

Among the following states,where the kalamkari print was created by weavers?

• Tamil Nadu

• Kerala

• Karnataka

• Andhra Pradesh

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

Mahalwari settlement was introduced in _______ presidency

• Bengal

• Madras

• Bombay

• Delhi