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Ruling The Countryside

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Before 1865, the Company had purchased goods in India by importing________&_______ from Britain.

a)

Cotton & Indigo

b)

Gold and silver

2.

On______________, the Mughal emperor appointed EIC as the Diwan of Bengal

a)

16 August 1765

b)

12 August 1765

3.

A terrible Famine in ______killed ten million people in Bengal.

a)

1770

b)

1772

4.

The revenue collecting system introduced by the EIC during 1793

a)

Ryotwari System

b)

Permanent Settlement

5.

In the Mahalwari system the revenue was collected by______

a)

Zamindars

b)

Village headman

6.

Which Revenue System recognized the rajas and talukdars as zamindar?

a)

Permanent Settlement

b)

Ryotwari System

7.

What does 'ryot' mean?

a)

Zamindar

b)

Peasant

c)

Villager

d)

Taluqdar

8.

Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom?

a)

Lord Cornwallis

b)

Holt Mackenzie

c)

Thomas Munroe

d)

Robert Clive

9.

What is a Mahal?

a)

A revenue estate

b)

Kings empire

c)

Kings mansion

d)

Freedom movement

10.

What is Bigha?

a)

Unit of temperature

b)

Unit of capacity

c)

Unit of measurement

d)

None of the above

11.

In which year Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran and see the plight of the indigo cultivators?

a)

1917

b)

1920

c)

1906

d)

1915

12.

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

a)

Village headmen

b)

Villagers

c)

Intermediaries

d)

Landlords

13.

The Ryotwari system was extended to entire territory of Southern India by:

a)

Thomas Munroe

b)

Alexander Reed

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Robert Clive

14.

What do you mean by the term 'Plantation'?

a)

Rearing of animals

b)

A large farm operated by a planter

c)

A large kingdom

d)

None of these

15.

What are commercial crops?

a)

Crops cultivated for tax paying

b)

Crops cultivated for own use

c)

Crops cultivated for sale

d)

None of these