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Rural Life & Society

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the Blank :

_______ introduced the permanent settlements.

a)

Lord Cornwallis

b)

Lord Thomas Munro

c)

Lord Clive

d)

Lord Ryot

2.

Fill in the Blank :

The word 'ryot' means _______

a)

Toyr

b)

High Class People

c)

Civilian

d)

Peasant

e)

I Don't Know

3.

Fill in the Blank :

In north-west, revenue estates known as ________ were established.

a)

Ryotwari System

b)

Mahalwari System

c)

Railway system

d)

Indigo system

4.

Fill in the Blank :

The Indigo Rebellion of _______ took place in ________.

a)

Punjab, 1849 - 50

b)

Monday, 25th

c)

Karnataka, 1859 - 60

d)

Bengal, 1859 - 60

5.

Fill in the Blank :

The play _______ was written by Dinabandhu Mitra.

a)

Chakr Darpan

b)

Anandamath

c)

Neel Darpan

d)

Skit By 8 MA Students

6.

Choose the correct answer :

The Mahalwari system was introduced in ..........

a)

(i) Bengal

b)

(ii) Bihar

c)

(iii) Odisha

d)

(iv) Punjab

7.

Choose the correct answer :

(a) a governor of Madras who introduced the Ryotwari system?

a)

(i) Cornwallis

b)

(ii) Lord Munro

c)

(iii) Lord Clive

d)

(iv) Hastings

8.

Choose the correct answer :

The book Anandamath was written by ....

a)

(i) Dinabandhu Mitra

b)

(ii) Holt Mackenzie

c)

(iii) Mahatma Gandhi

d)

(iv) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

9.

Choose the correct answer :

The first canal constructed by the British was ....

a)

(i) Sutlej Canal

b)

(ii) Sirhind Canal

c)

(iii) Upper Bari Doab Canal

d)

(iii) Shah Nahr

10.

Choose the correct answer.

The tropical plant from which a blue dye was extracted is ...

a)

(i) Opium

b)

(ii) Indigo

c)

(iii) Blueberry

d)

(iv) Poppy

11.

Select the options related to the word :

(b) Zamindars

a)

(i) Permanent Settlements

b)

(ii) Mahatma Gandhi's visit in 1917

c)

(iii) nij

d)

(iv) Mughals

e)

(v) Sir Arthur Cotton

12.

Select the options related to the word :

(a) Mansabdari

a)

(i) Permanent Settlement

b)

(ii) Mahatma Gandhi's visit in 1917

c)

(iii) nij

d)

(iv) Mughals

e)

(v) Sir Arthur Cotton

13.

Select the options related to the word :

(e) Champaran

a)

(i) Permanent Settlement

b)

(ii)Mahatma Ghandi's visit in 1917

c)

(iii) nij

d)

(iv) Mughals

e)

(v) Sir Arthur Cotton

14.

Select the options related to the word :

(d) Indigo

a)

(i) Permanent Settlement

b)

(ii)Mahatma Ghandi's visit in 1917

c)

(iii) nij

d)

(iv) Mughals

e)

(v) Sir Arthur Cotton

15.

Select the options related to the word :

(c) Irrigation

a)

(i) Permanent Settlement

b)

(ii)Mahatma Ghandi's visit in 1917

c)

(iii) nij

d)

(iv) Mughals

e)

(v) Sir Arthur Cotton

16.

Moneylenders did not exploit the peasants.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The peasants were better off with the land revenue arrangements of British.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

(e) Warren Hastings introduced the Permanent Settlement

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Anandamath was about the canal system in Punjab.

a)

Flase

b)

True

20.

Under the British, Indian farmers grew more food crops.

a)

True

b)

False