WorksheetsLife in Rural Area
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 11mins
One-third of the population was wiped out from Bengal beause
a terrible famine occurred there
a civil war broke out
an epidemic broke out
none of the above
The Mahalwari System was devised by
Charles Cornwallis
Robert Clive
Holt Mackenzie
James Mill
The ryots were
cultivators
zamindars
traders
money lenders
The Indigo Commission was set up to enquire into the system of indigo production. Whom did the commission hold guilty?
The ryots
The government
The planters
Both ryots and government
After the indigo production collapsed in Bengal, the planters shifted their operation to
Gujarat
Bihar
Orissa
Rajasthan
When the British came to India___________were self-sufficient units.
Cities
Villages
towns
districts
_______was the main source of income for the British
Land Revenue
Mining
Horticulture
Dairy farming
This system of revenue collection was introduced by Lord Cornwallis
Mahalwari system
Dahsala
Zamindari System
Ryotwari System
This was another crop which the peasants had to sow along with indigo
cotton
jute
rice
None of the above
Land, under British rule, became a ________commodity.
saleable
cheap
reusable
useless
After the Battle of Buxar, the English East India Company got the right to collect revenue of Which provinces?
Bengal, Madras and Bombay
Bengal, Bihar, Orissa
Bengal, Rajasthan, Punjab
Bengal, Mysore, Hyderabad
Who gave the rights to collect revenue from the highest bidder?
Governor General Warren Hastings
Lord Cornwallis
Thomas Munro
Lord Wellesley
Permanent settlement is also known as ________.
Ryotwari system
Zamindari system
Mahalwari System
Agrarian System
When was Zamindari Scheme introduced ?
1973
1893
1793
1693
Who introduced Zamindari System of Land settlement?
Lord Wellesly
Lord Warren Hastings
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Dalhousie
Land was commonly owned by a group of villages called______.
Palaces
Zamindars
Ryots
Mahals
Mahalwari system was introduced in
1822
1854
1830
1825
When company got the Diwani of Bengal, the Governor General of the Presidency was?
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Mount Batten
Robert Clive
James Mill
________________was Madras Governor in 1819
Thomas Munro
Franklin
Jacob Smith
Holt Mackenzie
The company introduced ____________in 1793.
Judiciary Changes
Permanent settlement
administrative reforms
agriculture reforms
Who wrote Neel Darpan in 1860?
Deendayal Mitra
Digambar Biswas
Bishnu Biswas
Dinabandhu Mitra
If Zamindars didnt pay revenue, then British
used to jail them
seize their goods
auction their land
punish them
Morris cotton print was invented by
William Morris
Robert Morris
John Morris
Morris will
