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Ruling the Countryside

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

On 12th August 1765, _____________ appointed EEIC as the Diwan of Bengal.

a)

Mir Jafar

b)

Siraj-ud-Daulah

c)

Shuja-ud-Daulah

d)

Shah Alam II

2.

In 1770, _________ killed 10 million people in Bengal.

a)

An earthquake

b)

A famine

c)

A flood

d)

A tsunami

3.

The Munro System was prominent in which part of India?

a)

Northern India

b)

Southern India

c)

Eastern India

d)

Western India

4.

According to Permanent Settlement, rajas and Taluqdars were recognized as (a)   .

5.

Lord ______________ was the Governor-General when Permanent Settlement was announced.

a)

Cornwallis

b)

Wellesley

c)

Dalhousie

d)

Hastings

6.

Name the revenue collecting system introduced by Holt Mackenzie.

(a)  

7.

What crops did the French begin cultivating in the Carribean Islands?

(a)  

8.

In _________________, thousands of ryots in Bengal refused to grow indigo. Later, this led to a huge revolt.

a)

March 1857

b)

January 1845

c)

March 1859

d)

August 1847

9.

Mahatma Gandhi's visit to Champaran marked the beginning of the (a)   against the indigo planters.

10.

___________ felt that the British should act as paternal father figures to the ryots.

a)

Holt Mackenzie

b)

Alexander Read

c)

Charles Cornwallis

d)

Thomas Munro

11.

The Mahalwari System came into effect in _______.

a)

1822

b)

1857

c)

1914

d)

1930

12.

(a)   refers to a village or a group of villages.