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Ruling the Countryside

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Munro System was prominent in which part of India?

a)

Northern Part

b)

Southern Part

2.

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

a)

1760

b)

1762

c)

1764

d)

1765

3.

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

4.

Who was William Morris?

a)

A famous actor

b)

A famous cricketer

c)

A famous poet and artist

d)

A famous scientist

5.

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

a)

Village headmen

b)

Villagers

c)

Intermediaries

d)

Landlords

6.

Who was Thomas Munroe?

a)

Governor of Madras

b)

Governor of Bengal

c)

Governor of Bombay

d)

Governor of Delhi

7.

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

a)

Europe

b)

America

8.

Other than India which country had potential of growing indigo

a)

Caribbean Island

b)

Andaman Island

9.

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

10.

In which of the following system was revenue revised periodically & was directly collected from cultivators?

a)

Mahalwari

b)

Ryotwari

c)

Permanent

11.

In which system was village considered as a social institution & village Headman in charge of collecting revenue?

a)

Ryotwari

b)

Permanent

c)

Mahalwari

12.

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

a)

1807

b)

1803

c)

1789

d)

1765

13.

What is Bigha?

a)

Unit of temperature

b)

Unit of capacity

c)

Unit of measurement

d)

None of the above

14.

A terrible Famine in ______killed ten million people in Bengal.

a)

1770

b)

1772

15.

The international demand for Indigo was affected by the discovery of

a)

Synthetic dyes

b)

Woad

c)

Blue colour

d)

None of these

16.

Before 1865, the Company had purchased goods in India by importing________&_______ from Britain.

a)

Cotton & Indigo

b)

Gold and silver

17.

Before the Diwani rights the EIC got their income from_________

a)

Mughals

b)

Britain

18.

Mahalwari settlement was introduced in _______ presidency

a)

Bengal

b)

Madras

c)

Bombay

d)

Delhi

19.

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

a)

1917

b)

1920

c)

1906

d)

1915

20.

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

a)

Charles Frederick

b)

Thomas Wood

c)

James William

d)

William Morris

21.

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

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Warren Hasting

c)

Charles Cornwallis

d)

Lord Ripon

22.

Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced?

a)

1807

b)

1706

c)

1803

d)

1793

23.

What does 'ryot' mean?

a)

Zamindar

b)

Peasant

c)

Villager

d)

Taluqdar

24.

Who was Zamindars?

a)

Landlords

b)

Kings

c)

Slave

d)

None of these

25.

What are commercial crops?

a)

Crops cultivated for tax paying

b)

Crops cultivated for own use

c)

Crops cultivated for sale

d)

None of these

26.

Who introduced the Mahalwari settlement?

a)

Holt Mackenzie

b)

Robert Clive

c)

Morris

d)

Warren Hastings

27.

What was another name for the Ryotwari system?

a)

Mahalwari system

b)

Munro system

c)

Permanent settlement

28.

what was a common problem with ALL the revenue systems?

a)

The revenue rate was too high

b)

the zamindars did not pay on time

c)

the farmers were forced to grow certain crops