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H-3 Ruling the Countryside Part-1

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When did the company get Diwani rights?

a)

12 August 1765

b)

16 August 1765

c)

14 August 1765

2.

After assuming Diwani rights the company___________

a)

could use vast revenue resources

b)

could fix revenue

c)

both a & b

3.

What was the main objective of the company after assuming Diwani rights?

a)

getting more land

b)

getting more revenue

c)

getting moregold

4.

What was the role of zamindar in Permanent Settlement? Choose all appropriate options

a)

Invest & improve land

b)

pay revenue to the company

c)

collect revenue from peasants

d)

give land to the company

5.

Who devised Mahalwari system?

a)

Charles Cornwallis

b)

Holt Mackenzie

c)

Thomas Munro

6.

After capturing Mysore, which land revenue system was imposed there?

a)

Mahalwari

b)

Ryotwari

c)

Zamindari

7.

In which part of India was Mahalwari system prominent ?

a)

United provinces of North & North-West

b)

South India

c)

Bengal, Bihar & Orissa

8.

When did a harsh famine hit Bengal?

a)

1773

b)

1770

c)

1765

d)

1772

9.

In which of the following system was revenue revised periodically & was directly collected from cultivators?

a)

Mahalwari

b)

Ryotwari

c)

Permanent

10.

In which system was village considered as a social institution & village Headman in charge of collecting revenue?

a)

Ryotwari

b)

Permanent

c)

Mahalwari