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Ruling the Countryside

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'ryot' mean?

a)

Zamindar

b)

Peasant

c)

Villager

d)

Taluqdar

2.

Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced?

a)

1807

b)

1706

c)

1803

d)

1793

3.

Permanent Settlement was introduced by whom?

a)

Lord Cornwallis

b)

Holt Mackenzie

c)

Thomas Munroe

d)

Robert Clive

4.

In which year the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal?

a)

1807

b)

1803

c)

1789

d)

1765

5.

Who was the governor general during the introduction of Permanent Settlement?

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Warren Hasting

c)

Charles Cornwallis

d)

Lord Ripon

6.

Who produced and designed the floral cotton print during nineteenth century?

a)

Charles Frederick

b)

Thomas Wood

c)

James William

d)

William Morris

7.

Among the following states,where the kalamkari print was created by weavers?

a)

Tamil Nadu

b)

Kerala

c)

Karnataka

d)

Andhra Pradesh

8.

What is Bigha?

a)

Unit of temperature

b)

Unit of capacity

c)

Unit of measurement

d)

None of the above

9.

What is a Mahal?

a)

A revenue estate

b)

Kings empire

c)

Kings mansion

d)

Freedom movement

10.

In which year Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran and see the plight of the indigo cultivators?

a)

1917

b)

1920

c)

1906

d)

1915

11.

The Munro System was prominent in which part of India?

a)

Northern Part

b)

Southern Part

12.

The East India company was appointed Diwan of Bengal in the Year

a)

1760

b)

1762

c)

1764

d)

1765

13.

What do you understand by a mahal in the Mahalwari system?

a)

Farmer and fields

b)

A village or group of villages

c)

seeds and crops

d)

Local name for land revenue

14.

Who was William Morris?

a)

A famous actor

b)

A famous cricketer

c)

A famous poet and artist

d)

A famous scientist

15.

Who hold the responsibility of paying the revenue in the Mahalwari settlement?

a)

Village headmen

b)

Villagers

c)

Intermediaries

d)

Landlords

16.

Who was Thomas Munroe?

a)

Governor of Madras

b)

Governor of Bengal

c)

Governor of Bombay

d)

Governor of Delhi

17.

Assumption of Diwani rights means

a)

Company could now use vast revenue resources

b)

Company became chief financial administrator

c)

Company could fix the revenue

d)

All the above

18.

The crops were deliberately and forcefully grown in India as they were highly in demand in

a)

Europe

b)

America

19.

Other than India which country had potential of growing indigo

a)

Caribbean Island

b)

Andaman Island

20.

Under this revenue system fields had to be carefully and separately surveyed before the revenue assessment was made.

a)

Permanent settlement system

b)

Mahalwari system

c)

Ryotwari system

d)

None of the above