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RULING THE COUNTRYSIDE

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT DOES "RYOT" MEAN ???

a)

ZAMINDAR

b)

PEASENT

c)

VILLAGER

d)

TALUQDAR

2.

IN WHICH YEAR MUGHAL EMPEROR APPOINTED EAST INDIA COMPANY AS THE DIWAN ??????

a)

1807

b)

1742

c)

1798

d)

1765

3.

IN WHICH YEAR PERMANANT SETTLEMENT WAS INTRODUCED ?????

a)

1793

b)

1706

c)

1755

d)

1785

4.

PERMANANT SETTLEMENT WAS INTRODUCED BY WHOM ????

a)

HOLT MAKENZIE

b)

THOMAS MUNRO

c)

LORD CORNWALLIS

d)

ROBERT CLIVE

5.

WHO PRODUCED AND DESIGNED THE FLORAL COTTON PRINT DURING THE 19TH CENTURY ????

a)

THOMAS WOOD

b)

WILLIAM MORRIS

c)

JAMES WILLIAM

d)

NONE OF THESE

6.

WHAT IS BHIGA ???

a)

JUST A UNIT

b)

UNIT OF MASS

c)

UNIT OF CAPACITY

d)

UNIT OF MEASUREMENT

7.

IN WHICH YEAR DID MAHATMA GANDHI VISIT THE CHAMPARAN AND SEE THE PLIGHT OF THE INDIGO CULTIVATORS ???

a)

1917

b)

1902

c)

1915

d)

1923

8.

NAME THE LAND REVENUE SETTLEMENT THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN SOUTH INDIA ????

a)

PERMANANT SETTLEMENT

b)

MAHALWARI SYSTEM

c)

RYOTWARI SYSYTEM

d)

MUNRO SYSTEM

9.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TERM PLANTATION ???

a)

REARING OF ANIMALS

b)

ANIMAL KINGDOM

c)

A LARGE FARM OPERATED BY A FARMER

d)

NONE OF THESE

10.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TERM SLAVE ???

a)

A PERSON WHO IS OWNED BY SOMEONE

b)

A ROYAL PERSON

c)

A PAID WORKER

d)

NONE OF THESE

11.

HOW DID THE COMPANY PURCHASE GOODS BEFORE 1865 ???

a)

BY IMPORTING

b)

BY EXPORTING

c)

BY AUCTION

d)

NOE OF THESE

12.

BEFORE 1865 , THE COMPANY HAD PURCHASED GOODS IN INDIA BY IMPORTING _______________ AND ___________ FROM BRITAIN .

a)

GOLD AND SILVER

b)

INDIGO AND COTTON

13.

A TERRIBLE FAMINE IN __________ KILLED TEN MILLION PEOPLE IN BENGAL .

a)

1770

b)

1772

14.

THE INTERNATIONAL DEMAND FOR INDIGO WAS AFFECTED BY THE __________

a)

SYNTHETIC DYES

b)

WOAD