This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > Ruling The Countryside > Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who had the responsibility of paying the revenue in the Mahalwari settlement? A) Village headmen. B) Villagers. C) Intermediaries. D) Landlords. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Village headmen. 2. The rajas and the talukdars were recognized as A) Zamindars. B) GOVENER. C) Governor. D) Village head. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zamindars. 3. Who started a rebellion against the French in 1791 in St Dominique A) Indians slaves. B) African slaves. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) African slaves. 4. What was introduced by the Company in 1793 to ensure a regular flow of revenue? A) Ryotwari System. B) Mahalwari Settlement. C) Permanent Settlement. D) Indigo Commission. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Permanent Settlement. 5. Which Governor General was associated with Doctrine of Lapse? A) Lord Curzon. B) Lord Bentinck. C) Lord Ripon. D) Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Dalhousie. 6. Q5) Floral cotton print was designed and produced by:- A) Captain Alexander Read. B) Charles Cornwallis. C) Thomas Munro. D) William Morris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Morris. 7. The cultivation of Indigo requires which climatic condition A) Tropical Climate. B) Temperate climate. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical Climate. 8. Who introduced the Permanent settlement of Bengal? A) Lord Cornwallis. B) Lord William. C) Lord Louise. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Cornwallis. 9. The Champaran movement was against A) Peasants. B) East India Company. C) The oppressive attitude of the planters. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The oppressive attitude of the planters. 10. What does 'ryot' mean? A) Cultivator. B) Talugdar. C) Zamindar. D) Planter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cultivator. 11. The Ryotwari system was introduced in A) UP and Punjab. B) Bengal and Awadh. C) Bombay and Madras Provinces. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bombay and Madras Provinces. 12. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crops cultivated for sale. 13. Saw the farmers' uprising against the cultivation of indigo in ..... and was supported by ..... A) Bengal, Subhash Chandra Bose. B) Awadh, Begum Hazrat Mahal. C) Bombay, B.G.Tilak. D) Champaran, Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Champaran, Mahatma Gandhi. 14. When was the indigo commotion set up/ appointed? A) 1860. B) 1980. C) 1866. D) 1780. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1860. 15. Which one of the statement not related to permanent settlement. A) The revenue rate was fixed permanently. B) The responsibility of revenue collection was in hands of Zamindars. C) The company introduced permanent settlement in 1793. D) In this system revenue was to be paid by village called Mahal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In this system revenue was to be paid by village called Mahal. 16. By the seventeenth century, The Spanish started cultivating indigo in ..... A) Caribbean islands. B) Jamaica. C) Venezuela. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Venezuela. 17. Q8) Who was the Governor of Madras in 1819? A) Robert Clive. B) Alexander fleming. C) Charles Conveles. D) Thomas Munro. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thomas Munro. 18. This Revenue system was introduced by ..... in the areas taken over by the company after defeating Tipu Sultan. A) Ryotwari System. B) Mahalwari System. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ryotwari System. 19. The Indigo planters came from A) Scotland and Ireland. B) England and Ireland. C) Ireland and Wales. D) England and Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England and Scotland. 20. The planter provided the seed and the drill, while the cultivators prepared the soil, sowed the seed and looked after the crop in ..... system. A) New. B) Ryoti. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ryoti. 21. The new system of revenue called Mahalwari was devised by: A) Thomas in Rome. B) Charles Cornwallis. C) Holt Mackenzie. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holt Mackenzie. 22. When did the company get Diwani rights? A) 12 August 1765. B) 16 August 1765. C) 14 August 1765. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 12 August 1765. 23. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE TERM SLAVE??? A) A PERSON WHO IS OWNED BY SOMEONE. B) A ROYAL PERSON. C) A PAID WORKER. D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A PAID WORKER. 24. What was a major drawback of the Ryotwari system? A) Zamindars continued to dominate rural administration. B) Peasants had to pay revenue even if their crops failed. C) The British collected revenue only once every ten years. D) Revenue was based on market prices and fluctuated too much. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peasants had to pay revenue even if their crops failed. 25. Who helped spread the news of the plights of the farmers in Bengal and the revolt? A) Other European traders. B) The zamindars. C) Intellectuals comprising authors, novelists, theater actors. D) East India Company officials. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intellectuals comprising authors, novelists, theater actors. 26. Planters usually forced the ryots to sign the contract. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. Q9) Who Divised the New system of Revenue Mahalwari: A) Holt Mackanzie. B) Mhatma Gandhiji. C) Robert Clive. D) Queen Elizabeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holt Mackanzie. 28. In the following revenue system in which rent was periodically revised and the rent was based on the size of the land, the revenue was collected by the Company directly is A) Mahalwari System. B) Permanent settlement System. C) Ryotwari System. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahalwari System. 29. WHO INTRODUCED MAHALWARI SETTLEMENT? A) HOLT MACKENZIE. B) ALEXANDER READ. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) HOLT MACKENZIE. 30. Indigo is a dye which is A) A rich yellow in colour. B) A rich blue in colour. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A rich blue in colour. 31. Indigo production was organized under two systems A) Mahal and Ryot. B) Ryot and New. C) Izarkti and Nij. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ryot and New. 32. Who used to collect taxes under the Mahalwari system? A) Zamindars. B) Village Headmen. C) Head of the family. D) Ryot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Village Headmen. 33. Kalamkari print was created by the weavers of: A) Andhra Pradesh. B) Orissa. C) Bengal. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andhra Pradesh. 34. Why was there a popular demand for Indian indigo in Italy, France and Britain? A) India was the biggest producer of indigo and no other country produced indigo. B) There was a ban on indigo import in other countries. C) Indigo imports were tax free. D) Indigo was used to dye cloth and there was a huge demand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indigo was used to dye cloth and there was a huge demand. 35. Who was William Morris? A) A famous actor. B) A famous cricketer. C) A famous poet and artist. D) A famous scientist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A famous poet and artist. 36. ..... print was created by weavers of Andhra Pradesh in India. A) Indian. B) Kalamkari. C) Indigo. D) Morris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kalamkari. 37. A terrible Famine in ..... killed ten million people in Bengal. A) 1770. B) 1772. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1770. 38. Apart from Indigo cultivation Bengal was known for A) Rice Cultivation. B) Jute Cultivation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rice Cultivation. 39. What major flaw in the Permanent Settlement caused many zamindars to lose their land? A) The revenue fixed was too low, leading to Company losses. B) The revenue demand was too high, and zamindars failed to pay on time. C) The British allowed zamindars to demand taxes from farmers freely. D) Zamindars were granted military power, leading to armed conflicts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The revenue demand was too high, and zamindars failed to pay on time. 40. ..... introduced Permanent Settlement in 1793. A) Charles Cornwallis. B) Thomas Munro. C) Holt Mackenzie. D) Warren Hastings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Cornwallis. 41. The demand for indigo increased in late-eighteenth century in Britain because of ..... A) Blue Rebellion. B) Indigo planters. C) Industrial Revolution. D) Banning of woad in britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrial Revolution. 42. IN WHICH YEAR MUGHAL EMPEROR APPOINTED EAST INDIA COMPANY AS THE DIWAN?????? A) 1742. B) 1765. C) 1798. D) 1807. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1765. 43. The planters at times pressurised the ..... to sign the contract on behalf of the ryots. A) Zamindars. B) Village headmen. C) Company officials. D) Peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Village headmen. 44. What was the immediate consequence of the East India Company gaining Diwani rights in Bengal? A) The Company started collecting revenue but continued to import gold and silver for trade. B) The Company stopped importing gold and silver to India and used revenue from Bengal to finance trade. C) The Company focused only on administration and left trade to private merchants. D) The Company abolished local zamindars and directly controlled land taxation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Company stopped importing gold and silver to India and used revenue from Bengal to finance trade. 45. Ijaradari system was introduced in 1773 by ..... A) Warren Hastings. B) Lord Cornwallis. C) William Bentinck. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Warren Hastings. 46. After revenue system to enhance the treasury the Company focused on A) Industries. B) Crops. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crops. 47. Ryotwari system is also known as: A) Mahalwari system. B) Permanent settlement. C) Munro system. D) Decennial system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Munro system. 48. Q2) The international demand of indigo was affected because of the discovery: A) Yellow Color. B) Synthetic dyes. C) Blue color. D) Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synthetic dyes. 49. Many cultivators lost their land because A) Of famine. B) Of no rainfall. C) Rent was high. D) They were jailed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rent was high. 50. Which of the following was not a major cash crop cultivated under British rule? A) Jute. B) Wheat. C) Indigo. D) Tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wheat. 51. Q6) What is one Bigha compared to Acre? A) One Fourth Acre. B) Three fourth Acre. C) One Third Acre. D) One whole Acre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One Third Acre. 52. Under this system the planters entered into a contract with the cultivators and provided them loans A) Nij System. B) Ryoti Cultivation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ryoti Cultivation. 53. Which date was the East India Company appointed as the Diwan of Bengal? A) 12 August 1885. B) 12 August 1793. C) 12 August 1765. D) 12 August 1770. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12 August 1765. 54. Name this system in which, the British directly collected revenue from cultivators. A) Permanent Settlement. B) Ryotwari Settlement. C) Mahalwari Settlement. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ryotwari Settlement. 55. Most of the zamindars were benefited due to permanent settlement. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. When the crop was delivered to the planters after the harvest, a new loan was given to the ryot and the cycle started all over again. This statement is true in context of which system? A) Permanent Settlement. B) New Cultiveness. C) Ryoti System. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ryoti System. 57. According to the Commission, the decision was, A) Indigo was profitable to the British. B) Planters could refuse to produce indigo. C) Ryots could refuse to produce indigo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ryots could refuse to produce indigo. 58. THE WORD "MAHAL"REFERS TO WHICH PLACE? A) Garage. B) VILLAGE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) VILLAGE. 59. Which Mughal emperor appointed the Company as the diwan of Bengal. A) Emperor Akbar. B) Emperor Shah Alam II. C) Emperor Aurangzeb. D) Emperor Shah Jahan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emperor Shah Alam II. 60. Indian indigo was being used by cloth manufacturers of ..... to dye cloth. ( remember it is in the thirteenth century) A) Italy, spain, Portuguese. B) Italy, france, britain. C) Germany, europe. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italy, france, britain. Next →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 2Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 3Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 4Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 5Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books