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Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 12mins
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
What do you understand by a mahal in the Mahalwari system?
Farmer and fields
A village or group of villages
seeds and crops
Local name for land revenue
Who was William Morris?
A famous actor
A famous cricketer
A famous poet and artist
A famous scientist
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
The crops were deliberately and forcefully grown in India as they were highly in demand in
Europe
America
Other than India which country had potential of growing indigo
Caribbean Island
Andaman Island
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 is Bigha?
Unit of temperature
Unit of capacity
Unit of measurement
None of the above
A terrible Famine in ______killed ten million people in Bengal.
1770
1772
The international demand for Indigo was affected by the discovery of
Synthetic dyes
Woad
Blue colour
None of these
Before 1865, the Company had purchased goods in India by importing________&_______ from Britain.
Cotton & Indigo
Gold and silver
Before the Diwani rights the EIC got their income from_________
Mughals
Britain
Mahalwari settlement was introduced in _______ presidency
Bengal
Madras
Bombay
Delhi
In which year Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran and see the plight of the indigo cultivators?
1917
1920
1906
1915
Who produced and designed the floral cotton print during nineteenth century?
Charles Frederick
Thomas Wood
James William
William Morris
Who was the governor general during the introduction of Permanent Settlement?
Lord Dalhousie
Warren Hasting
Charles Cornwallis
Lord Ripon
Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced?
1807
1706
1803
1793
What does 'ryot' mean?
Zamindar
Peasant
Villager
Taluqdar
Who was Zamindars?
Landlords
Kings
Slave
None of these
What are commercial crops?
Crops cultivated for tax paying
Crops cultivated for own use
Crops cultivated for sale
None of these
Who introduced the Mahalwari settlement?
Holt Mackenzie
Robert Clive
Morris
Warren Hastings
What was another name for the Ryotwari system?
Mahalwari system
Munro system
Permanent settlement
what was a common problem with ALL the revenue systems?
The revenue rate was too high
the zamindars did not pay on time
the farmers were forced to grow certain crops
