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RULING THE COUNTRY SIDE

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT WAS INTRODUCED BY

a)

WELLESSLY

b)

ROBERT CLIVE

c)

CORNWALLIS

d)

THOMAS MUNROE

2.

IN BRITISH REVENUE RECORDS MAHAL WAS A REVENUE ESTATE WHICH MAY BE A

a)

VILLAGE OR GROUP OF VILLAGES

b)

GROUP OF CITIES

c)

BLOCKS

d)

DISTRICTS

3.

UNDER THE MAHALWARI SETTLEMENT THE CHARGE OF COLLECTING REVENUE WAS GIVEN TO THE

a)

ZAMINDAR

b)

RYOT

c)

VILLAGE HEADMAN

d)

AGENT

4.

THE MUNRO SYSTEM OF REVENUE COLLECTION WAS APPLIED IN

a)

UTTAR PRADESH

b)

SOUTH

c)

PUNJAB

d)

NORTH EAST

5.

THE KALAMKARI PRINT WAS CREATED BY THE WEAVERS OF

a)

TAMIL NADU

b)

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

c)

ANDHRA PRADESH

d)

ORISSA

6.

THE SUBSTITUTE DEVELOPED BY EUROPEANS FOR INDIGO WAS

a)

NEEL

b)

WOAD

c)

WOOD

d)

SAFFRON

7.

UNDER THE RYOTI SYSTEM OF INDIGO CUTIVATION THE AGREEMENT OR THE CONTRACT WAS CALLED

a)

PATTA

b)

FATTA

c)

SATTA

d)

SAMJOTA

8.

___________ WAS A UNIT OF MEASUREMENT OF LAND,WHICH WAS ONE THIRD OF AN ACRE

a)

GAJ

b)

BIGHA

c)

EIKAR

d)

FOOT

9.

THE TERRIBLE BENGAL FAMINE OCCURED IN

a)

1887

b)

1770

c)

1800

d)

1777

10.

WILLIAM MORRIS WAS A FAMOUS _______________________WHO PRODUCED THE MORRIS COTTON PRINT

a)

POET AND ARTIST

b)

ENGINEER

c)

ARCHITECT

d)

CUTIVATOR

11.

Other name of Munro system?

a)

Ryotwari system

b)

mahalwari system

c)

Rajvadi system

d)

Rotary system

12.

Who was Thomas Munro?

a)

Governor of Rajasthan

b)

Governor of madras

c)

Governor of Jhasi

d)

Governor of Jaipur

13.

Why Europeans pressurized their government to ban the import of indigo?

a)

Because their was a high demand of indigo

b)

Because indigo was not so good

c)

Because indigo doesn't give good colour

d)

because its was very expensive

14.

Name a plant which produces pale and dull blue colour

(a)  

15.

Mahatma Gandhi' visit in 1917 marked the begining of the __________ movement against the indigo planters.

a)

Chandigarh

b)

Lucknow

c)

bihar

d)

champaran

16.

In which system revenue was not fixed

a)

Mahalwari system

b)

Munro system

c)

Permanent settlement

17.

The first English ship sailed towards India in which century

a)

16th

b)

19th

c)

15th

d)

18th

18.

In which system of indigo cultivation the planter produces indigo on those lands which were under direct control.

(a)  

19.

Where did indigo production collapsed after the Revolt (At which place)

a)

Rajasthan

b)

Bengal

c)

Bihar

d)

Raipur

20.

What does 'Ryot' means

a)

farmer

b)

peasant

c)

A rich man

d)

state boy

21.

The Ryotwari system was extended to entire territory of Southern India by:

a)

Thomas Munroe

b)

Alexander Reed

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Robert Clive

22.

By the end of 18th Century the demand for Indigo increases in Europe because of

a)

Industrial Revolution

b)

First World War

c)

Second World War

d)

None of these

23.

When was the East India company appointed as Diwan of Bengal ?

a)

12 th August 1756

b)

12 th August 1765

c)

12 th August 1675

d)

12 th August 1657

24.

When did the Blue Rebellion start ?

a)

March 1856

b)

May 1857

c)

March 1859

d)

May 1859

25.

Indigo is cultivated through,-

a)

Mahalwari System

b)

Permanent settlement system

c)

Sifting cultivation system

d)

Nij and Ryoti System

26.

When Indigo cultivation collapsed in Bengal, the planters shifted to

a)

Assam

b)

Bihar

c)

Madhya Pradesh

d)

Odisha

27.

__________were the agents of planters .

a)

SUBADARS

b)

GOMASTHAS

c)

RYOTS

d)

ZAMINDARS

28.

By 1810 the proportion of Indian indigo in the world market had gone up to________%

a)

75

b)

85

c)

95

d)

70

29.

THE FRENCH BEGAN CULTIVATING INDIGO IN ST______________IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS.

a)

WILLIAM

b)

DAVID

c)

DOMINGUE

d)

SHEPEARD

30.

______________felt that the British should act as a paternal father figure protecting the ryots under their charge.

a)

CORNWALLIS

b)

MUNRO

c)

READ

d)

MACKENZIE