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WorksheetsRuling the Countryside I
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Worksheet time: 38mins
the Mughal emperor appointed the East India
Company as the Diwan of Bengal.
12 August 1765
12 August 1767
12 September 1765
12 July 1765
Where did the Mughal emperor appoint the East India
Company as the Diwan of Bengal
Robert Clive’s tent,
In the Red Fort
In Calcutta
Near Yamuna River
Were a few Englishmen and Indians witnesses as the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal
Yes
No
In the painting above, the event is shown as a majestic occasion, taking place in a grand setting.
The painter was commissioned by Clive to record the memorable events in Clive’s life. The grant of Diwani was one such event in British imagination. Do you agree?
Yes
No
As Diwan, the Company became the (a) of the territory under its control
The East India Company now had to think of 2 things:
administering the land and organising its revenue
resources.
organizing the company revenue and resources.
supplying clean drink water to people
educating the Indians
The Main agenda of the East India Company was:
yield enough revenue to meet the growing expenses of the company.
Educate and Civilize all Indian
Abolish Sati and empower women
Bring about Hindu-Muslim unity
As a trading company, East India Company had to ensure that:
it could buy the products it needed and sell what it wanted.
it needed to pacify those who in the past had ruled the countryside, and enjoyed authority and prestige.
every Indian child was English educated
Every Indian received the best healthcare facility
Could East India Company eliminate those who had held
local power?
Yes
No
East India Company did which of the following:
colonise the countryside
organise revenue resources
redefine the rights of people
produce the crops it wanted.
The Company had become the Diwan, but it still saw itself
primarily as a (a) .
Did the East India Company set up any regular system of assessment and collection of the revenue it collected?
Yes
No
Assumption of Diwani rights means
Company could now use vast revenue resources
Company became chief financial administrator
Company could fix the revenue
All the above
Within (a) years the value of goods bought by the
Company in Bengal doubled.
Before 1865, the Company had purchased goods in India by importing ______ from Britain.
gold and silver
marble and granite
books and paper
Surgical kits
After 1865, or after the East India Company became the Diwan, the revenue collected in Bengal could finance
the purchase of goods for export.
True
False
The revenue collected in Bengal could finance the purchase of goods for export, did this lead to the Bengal economy facing a deep crisis
Yes
No
Artisans were deserting villages since they were being forced to sell their goods to the Company at low
prices.
True
False
After the East India Company became Diwan, peasants in Bengal were unable to pay the dues that were being
demanded from them.
True
False
After East India Company became the Diwan of Bengal,
Artisanal production was in decline
Agricultural cultivation showed signs of collapse.
None of the above
A terrible Famine in ______killed ten million people in Bengal.
1770
1772
In 1770 famine in Bengal, about ____ was wiped out.
one-third of the population
half of the population
the whole of the population
one-fourth of the population
Peasants and artisans from rural areas regularly came to these weekly markets (haats) to sell their goods and buy what they needed.
True
False
Haats were badly affected during times of economic crisis.
True
False
UNDER PERMANENT SETTLEMENT, WHO WERE RECOGNISED AS ZAMINDARS?
RAJAS AND TALUQDARS
RAJAS AND FAUJDARS
The revenue collecting system introduced by the East India Company during 1793
Ryotwari System
Permanent Settlement
The revenue collecting system introduced by the EIC during 1793
Ryotwari System
Permanent Settlement
Which Revenue System recognized the rajas and talukdars as zamindar?
Permanent Settlement
Ryotwari System
In which system revenue was fixed
Mahalwari system
Munro system
Permanent settlement
The Permanent Settlement, however, created problems.
Company officials soon discovered that:
The zamindars were in fact not investing in the improvement of land.
The revenue that had been fixed was so high that the
zamindars found it difficult to pay.
Anyone who failed to pay the revenue lost his zamindari.
Numerous zamindaris were sold off at auctions organised by the Company.
Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced?
1807
1706
1803
1793
Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom?
Lord Cornwallis
Holt Mackenzie
Thomas Munroe
Robert Clive
What is a Mahal?
A revenue estate
Kings empire
Kings mansion
Freedom movement
Who was Zamindars?
Landlords
Kings
Slave
None of these
H.T. Colebrook describes the conditions of the under-tenant farmers in
1800
1805
1806
1810
The Permanent Settlement adversely affected the interests of the landlords, peasants and the company alike.
True
False
The Permanent Settlement brought about an adverse effect on the Zamidars. Many of them could not realize or collect the land revenue from the tenants and consequently could not pay the money to the government in time as a result their lands were sold.
True
False
The Permanent Settlement adversely affected the income of the company as the revenue was fixed;
The Permanent Settlement brought about an adverse effect on the Zamidars. Many of them could not realize or collect the land revenue from the tenants and consequently could not pay the money to the government in time as a result their lands were sold.
By the first decade of the nineteenth century the
situation changed. The prices in the market rose and
cultivation slowly expanded. This meant an increase in
the income of the zamindars but no gain for the
Company since it could not increase a revenue demand
that had been fixed permanently
The Permanent Settlement System was really a great mistake on the part of Cornwallis that he deprived the majority of the cultivators of the right of ownership of land and made the landlords owners of the land.
True
False
Who introduced the Mahalwari settlement?
Holt Mackenzie
Robert Clive
Morris
Warren Hastings
Who introduced the Mahalwari settlement?
Holt Mackenzie
Robert Clive
Morris
Warren Hastings
Mahalwari settlement was introduced in _______ presidency
North Western Provinces of the Bengal
Presidency
Madras
Bombay
Delhi
Who hold the responsibility of paying the revenue in the Mahalwari settlement?
Village headmen
Villagers
Intermediaries
Landlords
What is Mahal?
A revenue estate
King's Mansion
King's Empire
Freedom movements
Write any one Revenue system (name it)
(a)
Where was the Mahalwari system introduced?
Only in Bengal
Northern parts of India
South India
Who collected the revenue under the Mahalwari system?
the farmer paid it directly
The zamindar
The village headman
What was the role of zamindar in Permanent Settlement? Choose all appropriate options
Invest & improve land
pay revenue to the company
collect revenue from peasants
give land to the company
In which system was village considered as a social institution & village Headman in charge of collecting revenue?
Ryotwari
Permanent
Mahalwari
WHAT WAS GRANTED TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY BY THE MUGHAL EMPEROR IN 1765?
FAUJDARI RIGHTS
DIWANI RIGHTS
This revenue to be collected was to be revised periodically, not permanently fixed under Mahalwari system
True
False
Before the Diwani rights the EIC got their income from_________
Mughals
Britain
The Munro System was prominent in which part of India?
Northern Part
Southern Part
This Revenue system was introduced by ______in the areas taken over by the company after defeating Tipu Sultan.
Ryotwari System
Mahalwari System
Name the land revenue settlement that was introduced in southern India.
Permanent settlement
Munro system
Mahalwari settlement
Ryotwari settlement
Name the person who first introduced Ryotwari settlement.
Thomas Munro
Alexander Reed
Tipu Sultan
Clive
What was another name for the Ryotwari system?
Mahalwari system
Munro system
Permanent settlement
what was a common problem with ALL the revenue systems?
The revenue rate was too high
the zamindars did not pay on time
the farmers were forced to grow certain crops
Which one of these was NOT a motive for the new revenue systems?
Encouraging zamindars to invest more in land
Earning maximum revenue for the company
Welfare of the farmers
Who collected the rent from cultivators in the Ryotwari system?
the Zamindar
The village headman
The farmer paid kit directly to the company
In Ryotwari System taxes were revised after:
10 years
5 years
20 years
30 years
In the Mahalwari system, word 'Mahal' means:
group of people
group of houses
group of villages
None of the above
Ryots were :
Landlords
Cultivators
Tax collector
None of the above
After revenue system to enhance the treasury the Company focused on
Industries
crops
The crops were deliberately and forcefully grown in India as they were highly in demand in
Europe
America
Which crop cultivation was more prominent in Assam during the Company rule
Jute
Tea
Which plant was highly in demand among the European market fro dying clothes and fabrics
Woad
Indigo
The cultivation of Indigo requires which climatic condition
Tropical Climate
Temperate climate
Which group faced a tough competition from Indigo
Woad cultivators
Opium cultivators
Name a plant which produces pale and dull blue colour
(a)
