Ruling the Countryside - MCQ

A terrible famine had stuck Bengal in

• 1770

• 1778

• 1896

• 1765

East India Company got Diwani of Bengal in

• 1765

• 1784

• 1876

• 2021

Artisans started deserting Bengal villages because

• of famine

• unavailability of raw material.

• they were forced to sell goods at low prices.

• Floods

______ was Governor-General of India in 1793

• Warren Hastings

• Charles Cornwallis

• Lord Dalhousie

• Lord Hastings

______ devised the Mahalwari system in 1922.

• Robert Mills

• Cornwall

• Holt Mackenzie

• Warren Hastings

If zamindars didn’t pay revenue, then British

• used to jail them

• seize their goods

• auction their land.

• punish them

The Champaran movement was against

• peasants

• East India Company

• the oppressive attitude of the planters

• none of the above

Before 1865, the Company had purchased goods in India by importing________&_______ from Britain. (pick two options)

• Gold

• Silver

• cotton

• indigo

A very high rate of revenue was the major problem of the ryotwari system.

• True

• False

Weekly markets were very flourishing during the economic crisis of Bengal.

• True

• False