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WorksheetsRuling the Countryside - MCQ
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
A terrible famine had stuck Bengal in
1770
1778
1896
1765
East India Company got Diwani of Bengal in
1765
1784
1876
2021
Artisans started deserting Bengal villages because
of famine
unavailability of raw material.
they were forced to sell goods at low prices.
Floods
______ was Governor-General of India in 1793
Warren Hastings
Charles Cornwallis
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Hastings
______ devised the Mahalwari system in 1922.
Robert Mills
Cornwall
Holt Mackenzie
Warren Hastings
If zamindars didn’t pay revenue, then British
used to jail them
seize their goods
auction their land.
punish them
The Champaran movement was against
peasants
East India Company
the oppressive attitude of the planters
none of the above
Before 1865, the Company had purchased goods in India by importing________&_______ from Britain. (pick two options)
Gold
Silver
cotton
indigo
A very high rate of revenue was the major problem of the ryotwari system.
True
False
Weekly markets were very flourishing during the economic crisis of Bengal.
True
False
Bigha is the unit of ………………… measurement by the British in Bengal.
land
flowers
money
zat
What does 'ryot' mean?
zamindar
taluqdar
planter
cultivator
The painter was commissioned by ………………… to record memorable events of his life
Robert Clive
Vasco da Gama
Warren Hastings
Charles Cornwallis
Jute, tea, and cotton were grown in _________, _________, and _________ respectively.
Maharashtra, Assam, Bengal
Punjab, Shimla. Leh Ladakh
Bengal, Assam, Maharashtra
All of them were grown in Uttar Pradesh.
The demand for indigo increased in the late seventeenth century.
True
False
