WorksheetsGRADE 8 CH 3 RULING THE COUNTRYSIDE
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 17mins
What does 'ryot' mean?
Zamindar
Peasant
Villager
Taluqdar
Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced?
1807
1706
1803
1793
Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom?
Lord Cornwallis
Holt Mackenzie
Thomas Munroe
Robert Clive
In which year the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal?
1807
1803
1789
1765
Who was the governor general during the introduction of Permanent Settlement?
Lord Dalhousie
Warren Hasting
Charles Cornwallis
Lord Ripon
Who produced and designed the floral cotton print during nineteenth century?
Charles Frederick
Thomas Wood
James William
William Morris
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
In which year Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran and see the plight of the indigo cultivators?
1917
1920
1906
1915
On______________, the Mughal emperor appointed EIC as the Diwan of Bengal
16 August 1765
12 August 1765
Before the Diwani rights the EIC got their income from_________
Mughals
Britain
Before 1865, the Company had purchased goods in India by importing________&_______ from Britain.
Cotton & Indigo
Gold and silver
The revenue collecting system introduced by the EIC during 1793
Ryotwari System
Permanent Settlement
A terrible Famine in ______killed ten million people in Bengal.
1770
1772
Name the revenue collecting system introduced by Holt Mackenzie during 1822.
Ryotwari System
Mahalwari System
In the Mahalwari system the revenue was collected by______
Zamindars
Village headman
In the following revenue system the rent was periodically revised and the rent was based on the size of the land,the revenue was collected by the Company directly.
Mahalwari System
Permanent settlement System
Ryotwari System
Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced?
1807
1706
1803
1793
What does 'ryot' mean?
Zamindar
Peasant
Villager
Taluqdar
Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom?
Lord Cornwallis
Holt Mackenzie
Thomas Munroe
Robert Clive
In which year the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal?
1807
1803
1789
1765
Who was the governor general during the introduction of Permanent Settlement?
Lord Dalhousie
Warren Hasting
Charles Cornwallis
Lord Ripon
Who produced and designed the floral cotton print during nineteenth century?
Charles Frederick
Thomas Wood
James William
William Morris
Among the following states,where the kalamkari print was created by weavers?
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Who produced and designed the floral cotton print during nineteenth century?
Charles Frederick
Thomas Wood
James William
William Morris
In which year Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran and see the plight of the indigo cultivators?
1917
1920
1906
1915
Mahalwari settlement was introduced in _______ presidency
Bengal
Madras
Bombay
Delhi
Before 1865, the Company had purchased goods in India by importing________&_______ from Britain.
Cotton & Indigo
Gold and silver
A terrible Famine in ______killed ten million people in Bengal.
1770
1772
The Munro System was prominent in which part of India?
Northern Part
Southern Part
This Revenue system was introduced by ______in the areas taken over by the company after defeating Tipu Sultan.
Ryotwari System
Mahalwari System
The international demand for Indigo was affected by the discovery of
Synthetic dyes
Woad
Blue colour
None of these
Who introduced the Mahalwari settlement?
Holt Mackenzie
Robert Clive
Morris
Warren Hastings
Mahalwari settlement was introduced in _______ presidency
Bengal
Madras
Bombay
Delhi
Who hold the responsibility of paying the revenue in the Mahalwari settlement?
Village headmen
Villagers
Intermediaries
Landlords
Name the land revenue settlement that was introduced in southern India.
Permanent settlement
Munro system
Mahalwari settlement
Ryotwari settlement
Name the person who first introduced Ryotwari settlement.
Thomas Munro
Alexander Reed
Tipu Sultan
Clive
The Ryotwari system was extended to entire territory of Southern India by:
Thomas Munroe
Alexander Reed
Lord Cornwallis
Robert Clive
What is 'Bigha'?
Unit of temperature
Unit of capacity
Unit of measurement
None of these
How did company purchase goods in India before 1865?
By exporting
By importing
By auction
None of these
Lord Cornwallis introduced the _______settlement in 1793.
Temporary
Official
Permanent
Mahalwari
Which of the following are the drawbacks of Permanent settlement?
The rate of land revenue was too high
Oppressive
Peasant falling into a debt trap
All of these
Who devised a new system called Mahalwari in 1882?
Thomas Munro
Alexander Read
Robert Clive
Holt Mackenzie
Name this system in which, the British directly collected revenue from cultivators.
Permanent Settlement
Ryotwari Settlement
Mahalwari Settlement
None of these
Which Mughal emperor appointed the Company as the diwan of Bengal.
Emperor Akbar
Emperor Aurangzeb
Emperor Shah Jahan
Emperor Shah Alam II
When did the Mughal Emperor appoint the EIC as the diwan of Bengal?
19 August 1765
12 August 1765
12 June 1765
2 July 1766
In ______, a terrible famine killed 10 million people in Bengal.
1770
1655
1779
1765
What is a famine?
A massive wind
A massive wave
A scarcity in food
A scarcity in water
How did the EIC plan on improving the agriculture?
By introducing Mahalwari system
By introducing Munro system
By introducing Permanent Settlement
Which year did the EIC introduce the Permanent Settlement?
1793
1785
1555
1669
Who found the Munro system?
Thomas Munro
Thomas Mahal
Mahal Munro
Charles Cornwallis
