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Life in Rural Area

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One-third of the population was wiped out from Bengal beause

a)

a terrible famine occurred there

b)

a civil war broke out

c)

an epidemic broke out

d)

none of the above

2.

The Mahalwari System was devised by

a)

Charles Cornwallis

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Holt Mackenzie

d)

James Mill

3.

The ryots were

a)

cultivators

b)

zamindars

c)

traders

d)

money lenders

4.

The Indigo Commission was set up to enquire into the system of indigo production. Whom did the commission hold guilty?

a)

The ryots

b)

The government

c)

The planters

d)

Both ryots and government

5.

After the indigo production collapsed in Bengal, the planters shifted their operation to

a)

Gujarat

b)

Bihar

c)

Orissa

d)

Rajasthan

6.

When the British came to India___________were self-sufficient units.

a)

Cities

b)

Villages

c)

towns

d)

districts

7.

_______was the main source of income for the British

a)

Land Revenue

b)

Mining

c)

Horticulture

d)

Dairy farming

8.

This system of revenue collection was introduced by Lord Cornwallis

a)

Mahalwari system

b)

Dahsala

c)

Zamindari System

d)

Ryotwari System

9.

This was another crop which the peasants had to sow along with indigo

a)

cotton

b)

jute

c)

rice

d)

None of the above

10.

Land, under British rule, became a ________commodity.

a)

saleable

b)

cheap

c)

reusable

d)

useless

11.

After the Battle of Buxar, the English East India Company got the right to collect revenue of Which provinces?

a)

Bengal, Madras and Bombay

b)

Bengal, Bihar, Orissa

c)

Bengal, Rajasthan, Punjab

d)

Bengal, Mysore, Hyderabad

12.

Who gave the rights to collect revenue from the highest bidder?

a)

Governor General Warren Hastings

b)

Lord Cornwallis

c)

Thomas Munro

d)

Lord Wellesley

13.

Permanent settlement is also known as ________.

a)

Ryotwari system

b)

Zamindari system

c)

Mahalwari System

d)

Agrarian System

14.

When was Zamindari Scheme introduced ?

a)

1973

b)

1893

c)

1793

d)

1693

15.

Who introduced Zamindari System of Land settlement?

a)

Lord Wellesly

b)

Lord Warren Hastings

c)

Lord Cornwallis

d)

Lord Dalhousie

16.

Land was commonly owned by a group of villages called______.

a)

Palaces

b)

Zamindars

c)

Ryots

d)

Mahals

17.

Mahalwari system was introduced in

a)

1822

b)

1854

c)

1830

d)

1825

18.

When company got the Diwani of Bengal, the Governor General of the Presidency was?

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Lord Mount Batten

c)

Robert Clive

d)

James Mill

19.

________________was Madras Governor in 1819

a)

Thomas Munro

b)

Franklin

c)

Jacob Smith

d)

Holt Mackenzie

20.

The company introduced ____________in 1793.

a)

Judiciary Changes

b)

Permanent settlement

c)

administrative reforms

d)

agriculture reforms

21.

Who wrote Neel Darpan in 1860?

a)

Deendayal Mitra

b)

Digambar Biswas

c)

Bishnu Biswas

d)

Dinabandhu Mitra

22.

If Zamindars didnt pay revenue, then British

a)

used to jail them

b)

seize their goods

c)

auction their land

d)

punish them

23.

Morris cotton print was invented by

a)

William Morris

b)

Robert Morris

c)

John Morris

d)

Morris will