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Q1. The lathi weilding strongmen maintained by planters are:
(i) Ryots
(ii) Peasant
(iii) Lathiyals
(iv) Vat-Beater
(iii) Lathiyals
Q2. What do you mean by nij and ryoti?
(i) The two main trading centres of indigo
(ii) The two main areas where indigo was cultivated in India
(iii) The two important systems of indigo cultivation
(iv) The two main sets of zamindars
(iii) The two important systems of indigo cultivation
Q3. The Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in
(i) 1762
(ii) 1763
(iii) 1764
(iv) 1765
(iv) 1765
Q4. In which year was the Permanent Settlement System started?
(i) 1900
(ii) 1885
(iii) 1890
(iv) 1793
(iv) 1793
Q5. A terrible famine had stuck Bengal in
(i) 1770
(ii) 1775
(iii) 1779
(iv) 1764
(i) 1770
Q6. 1770, famine killed:
(i) 10 million people
(ii) 20 million
(iii) 1/4th of population
(iv) 1 Lac
(i) 10 million people
Q7. From among the regions mentioned below, which region introduced the Mahalwari Settlement System in 1822 ?
(i) Bombay
(ii) Madras
(iii) Bihar
(iv) Uttar Pradesh
(iv) Uttar Pradesh
Q8. Who devised the new-system of revenue called Mahalwari?
(i) Queen Elizabeth
(ii) Holt Mackenzie
(iii) Queen Victoria
(iv) Gandhiji
(ii) Holt Mackenzie
Q9. Who among the following introduced the Ryotwari Settlement system ?
(i) Thomas Munro
(ii) Holt Mackenzie
(iii) Lord Dalhousie
(iv) Lord Cornwallis
(i) Thomas Munro
Q10. Artisans started deserting bengal villages because
(i) of famine
(ii) unavailability of raw material.
(iii) they were forced to sell goods at low prices.
(iv) Floods
(iii) they were forced to sell goods at low prices.
Q11. Mahalwari systems was devised by:
(i) Thomas Munro
(ii) Holt Mackenzie
(iii) Charles Cornwallis
(iv) Robert Clive
(ii) Holt Mackenzie
Q12. Who among the following introduced the Ryotwari Settlement system ?
(i) Thomas Munro
(ii) Holt Mackenzie
(iii) Lord Dalhousie
(iv) Lord Cornwallis
(i) Thomas Munro
Q13. Indigo production came down in Bengal in
(i) 1850
(ii) 1852
(iii) 1855
(iv) 1859
(iv) 1859
Q14. Growers of woad in Europe saw crop as competition to their earnings.
(i) tea
(ii) rubber
(iii) indigo
(iv) coffee
(iii) indigo
Q15. Under permanent settlements, Rajas and Talukdars were recognised as
(i) Zamindars
(ii) Kings
(iii) Diwans
(iv) Peasants
(i) Zamindars
Q16. In which year the Permanent Settlement of Bengal was introduced?
(i) 1763
(ii) 1773
(iii) 1783
(iv) 1793
(iv) 1793
Q17. Why was there a popular demand for Indian indigo in Italy, France and Britain?
(i) India was the biggest producer of indigo and no other country produced indigo
(ii) There was a ban on indigo import in other countries
(iii) Indigo imports were tax free
(iv) Indigo was used to dye cloth and there was a huge demand
(iv) Indigo was used to dye cloth and there was a huge demand
Q18. How much proportion of Indigo was imported from India by Britain in 1810?
(i) 75%
(ii) 95%
(iii) 90%
(iv) 85%
(ii) 95%
Q19. From the given possibilities, which year did the British introduce the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?
(i) 1793
(ii) 1800
(iii) 1815
(iv) 1780
(i) 1793
Q20. Many cultivators lost their land because
(i) rent was high.
(ii) of famine.
(iii) of no rainfall.
(iv) they were jailed.
(i) rent was high.
Q21. When the price of indigo was very high the Europeans depended on which plant?
(i) Woad
(ii) Sal
(iii) Palash
(iv) Juniper
(i) Woad
Q22. In which year did Bengal witness the Great Famine?
(i) 1775
(ii) 1770
(iii) 1777
(iv) 1778
(ii) 1770
Q23. After harvest, the indigo plant was taken to the in the indigo factory.
(i) dye
(ii) vat
(iii) farm
(iv) machine
(ii) vat
Q24. What do you mean by nij and ryoti?
(i) The two main trading centres of indigo
(ii) The two main areas where indigo was cultivated in India
(iii) The two important systems of indigo cultivation
(iv) The two main sets of zamindars
(iii) The two important systems of indigo cultivation
Q25. When Company got the Diwani of Bengal, the Governor General of the
(i) Presidency was
(ii) Lord Dalhousie
(iii) Lord Mountbatten
(iv) Robert Clive
(iii) Lord Mountbatten
Q26. What do you mean by the term ‘Slave’?
(i) Paid worker
(ii) Person owned by someone else
(iii) Royal Person
(iv) None of these
(ii) Person owned by someone else
Q27. What is the literal meaning of the Greek word indikon?
(i) Blue
(ii) Dye
(iii) From India
(iv) From England
(iii) From India
Q28. Where did the Ryotwari Settlement was introduced?
(i) Bombay Presidency
(ii) South and West India
(iii) Deccan
(iv) Punjab
(ii) South and West India
Q29. What do you know about Permanent Settlement of Land Revenue?
(i) Land revenue was fixed
(ii) Land revenue changed rapidly
(iii) Land revenue was not decided
(iv) None of these
(i) Land revenue was fixed
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