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Ruling The Countryside

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Growers of woad in Europe saw............... as a crop which would provide competition to their earnings.

a)

Apple

b)

Cotton

c)

Indigo

d)

Watermelon

2.

The Champaran movement was against.......................

a)

The American

b)

Zamindar

c)

Subedar

d)

European indigo planters

3.

The East India Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in.................

a)

1765

b)

1756

c)

1760

d)

1762

4.

The new system of revenue called Mahalwari was devised by :

a)

Thomas Munaro

b)

Charles Cornwallis

c)

Holt Mackenzie

d)

None of these

5.

The system of revenue introduced in the British territories in the South was known as :

a)

Mahalwari settlement

b)

Ryotwari system

c)

Permanent settlement

d)

None of these

6.

The international demand of indigo was affected by the discovery of :

a)

Woad

b)

Rich blue colour

c)

Synthetic dyes

d)

All of these

7.

Who started Champaran Movement?

a)

J L Nehru

b)

Rajkumar Shukla

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Rajendra Prasad

8.

Permanent settlement was introduced by :

a)

Thomas Munro

b)

Captain Alexander

c)

Charles Cornwallis

d)

Captain Reas

9.

Blue rebellion took place in :

a)

March, 1859

b)

January, 1861

c)

December 1859

d)

March, 1861

10.

Kalamkari print was created by the weavers of :

a)

Andhra Pradesh

b)

Orissa

c)

Bengal

d)

Rajasthan

11.

(a)   is a plant producing blue colour.

12.

Who was the agents of planters?

a)

Gomastha

b)

Samantha

c)

Zamindar

d)

Commander

13.

Which one of the statement not related to permanent settlement.

a)

The revenue rate was fixed permanently

b)

The responsibility of revenue collection was in hands of Zamindars

c)

The company introduced permanent settlement in 1793

d)

In this system revenue was to be paid by village called Mahal

14.

Which of the following statement not related to Mahalwari System.

a)

The revenue rate was not fixed permanently

b)

In this system revenue was to be paid by village called Mahal

c)

This System start by Charles Cornwallis

d)

The responsibility of revenue collection was given to the village headman

15.

................. is money that a government receives from people.

a)

Bigha

b)

Diwan

c)

Revenue

d)

Settlement