WorksheetsHis- L. No. 3. Ruling the Countryside
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The Munro System was prominent in which part of India?
Northern Part
Southern Part
The East India company was appointed Diwan of Bengal in the Year
1760
1762
1764
1765
Who hold the responsibility of paying the revenue in the Mahalwari settlement?
Village headmen
Villagers
Intermediaries
Landlords
Who was Thomas Munroe?
Governor of Madras
Governor of Bengal
Governor of Bombay
Governor of Delhi
Assumption of Diwani rights means
Company could now use vast revenue resources
Company became chief financial administrator
Company could fix the revenue
All the above
Under this revenue system fields had to be carefully and separately surveyed before the revenue assessment was made.
Permanent settlement system
Mahalwari system
Ryotwari system
None of the above
In which of the following system was revenue revised periodically & was directly collected from cultivators?
Mahalwari
Ryotwari
Permanent
In which system was village considered as a social institution & village Headman in charge of collecting revenue?
Ryotwari
Permanent
Mahalwari
In which year the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal?
1807
1803
1789
1765
What does 'ryot' mean?
Zamindar
Peasant
Villager
Taluqdar
Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced?
1807
1706
1803
1793
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
