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WorksheetsRuling The Countryside
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Before 1865, the Company had purchased goods in India by importing________&_______ from Britain.
Cotton & Indigo
Gold and silver
On______________, the Mughal emperor appointed EIC as the Diwan of Bengal
16 August 1765
12 August 1765
A terrible Famine in ______killed ten million people in Bengal.
1770
1772
The revenue collecting system introduced by the EIC during 1793
Ryotwari System
Permanent Settlement
In the Mahalwari system the revenue was collected by______
Zamindars
Village headman
Which Revenue System recognized the rajas and talukdars as zamindar?
Permanent Settlement
Ryotwari System
What does 'ryot' mean?
Zamindar
Peasant
Villager
Taluqdar
Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom?
Lord Cornwallis
Holt Mackenzie
Thomas Munroe
Robert Clive
What is a Mahal?
A revenue estate
Kings empire
Kings mansion
Freedom movement
What is Bigha?
Unit of temperature
Unit of capacity
Unit of measurement
None of the above
In which year Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran and see the plight of the indigo cultivators?
1917
1920
1906
1915
Who hold the responsibility of paying the revenue in the Mahalwari settlement?
Village headmen
Villagers
Intermediaries
Landlords
The Ryotwari system was extended to entire territory of Southern India by:
Thomas Munroe
Alexander Reed
Lord Cornwallis
Robert Clive
What do you mean by the term 'Plantation'?
Rearing of animals
A large farm operated by a planter
A large kingdom
None of these
What are commercial crops?
Crops cultivated for tax paying
Crops cultivated for own use
Crops cultivated for sale
None of these
