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Ruling the countryside

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Munro System was prominent in which part of India?

a)

Northern Part

b)

Southern Part

2.

The East India company was appointed Diwan of Bengal in the Year

a)

1760

b)

1762

c)

1764

d)

1765

3.

What do you understand by a mahal in the Mahalwari system?

a)

Farmer and fields

b)

A village or group of villages

c)

seeds and crops

d)

Local name for land revenue

4.

Who was William Morris?

a)

A famous actor

b)

A famous cricketer

c)

A famous poet and artist

d)

A famous scientist

5.

In which state did artisans create the Kalamkari print?

a)

orissa

b)

Andhra pradesh

c)

Madhya pradesh

d)

Bengal

6.

Who hold the responsibility of paying the revenue in the Mahalwari settlement?

a)

Village headmen

b)

Villagers

c)

Intermediaries

d)

Landlords

7.

Who was Thomas Munroe?

a)

Governor of Madras

b)

Governor of Bengal

c)

Governor of Bombay

d)

Governor of Delhi

8.

Assumption of Diwani rights means

a)

Company could now use vast revenue resources

b)

Company became chief financial administrator

c)

Company could fix the revenue

d)

All the above

9.

The crops were deliberately and forcefully grown in India as they were highly in demand in

a)

Europe

b)

America

10.

Other than India which country had potential of growing indigo

a)

Caribbean Island

b)

Andaman Island

11.

Under this revenue system fields had to be carefully and separately surveyed before the revenue assessment was made.

a)

Permanent settlement system

b)

Mahalwari system

c)

Ryotwari system

d)

None of the above

12.

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

a)

Mahalwari

b)

Ryotwari

c)

Permanent

13.

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

a)

Ryotwari

b)

Permanent

c)

Mahalwari

14.

In which year the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal?

a)

1807

b)

1803

c)

1789

d)

1765

15.

What is Bigha?

a)

Unit of temperature

b)

Unit of capacity

c)

Unit of measurement

d)

None of the above