Ruling the Countryside

One-third of the population was wiped out from Bengal because:

• a terrible famine occurred there

• a civil war broke out

• an epidemic broke out

• none of these

(a)   developed Ryotwari System which gradually extended all over south India.

The Mahalwari System was devised by:

• Charles Cornwallis

• Robert Clive

• Holt Mackenzie

• James Mill

The ryots were:

• cultivators

• zamindars

• traders

• money-lenders

The Indigo Commission was set up to enquire into the system of indigo production. Whom did the Commission hold guilty?

• The ryots

• The government

• The planters

• Both (a) and (b)

After the indigo production collapsed in Bengal, the planters shifted their operation to:

• Gujarat

• Bihar

• Orissa

• Rajasthan

A plant that produces rich blue colour is (a)   .

The demand for indigo increased in late eighteenth century Britain because of (a)   .

Name of the rebellion started against indigo planters was known as (a)   .

The district Champaran is in the state of (a)   .