SST Ruling the Country Side

which part of India was chosen for indigo cultivation?

• Uttar Pradesh

• Bengal

• Bihar

• Jharkhand

A unit of measurement of land refers to ?

• Bigha

• Bihga

• Biagha

• Biigha

Why was indigo planting a highly paying job ?

• Because indigo was expensive

• Because people like the colour of indigo

• Because it was highly demanding

• Because the job wasn’t fun to do

By 19th century less than ____per cent of the land producing indigo was under nij system.

• 25 %

• 35%

• 52%

• 15%

Why did the company officials leave their jobs?

• Because they didn’t enjoy this job
  

• Because they weren’t treated nicely

• Because they didn’t enjoy this

• To became indigo planters

By 1810 indigo production from Bengal went up to ____ alone

• 98%

• 59%

• 95%

• 97%

The Nij cultivation system did not work because_______?

• large tracts of land

• lots of labour and resources were needed

• Supplies from the peasants were hard to get

• none of these

planter with _____ bighas would need 2,000 ploughs.

• 1000

• 10,000

• 100

• 100,000