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Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 3 (60 MCQs)

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1. The revenue system that was in South India was .....
2. Who did the Indigo Commission hold guilty?
3. After Indigo production collapsed in Bengal, the planters shifted their operation to
4. Around 1810, 95% of the indigo was imported from
5. Who devised Mahalwari system?
6. Name the land revenue settlement that was introduced in southern India.
7. Growers of woad saw ..... crop as competition to their earinings
8. What did the ryots receive from planters under the ryoti system?
9. Mahalwari settlement was introduced in ..... presidency
10. Revenue was fixed in Permanent Settlement
11. In which part of India was Mahalwari system prominent?
12. The Company tried many experiments to increase the land revenue. Name the Settlement system introduced in the Madras and Bombay presidencies?
13. Who was the governor general during the introduction of Permanent Settlement?
14. Under this system the company officials thought this would ensure a regular flow of revenue into the company coffers and at the same time encourage the zamindars to invest in improving the land. Which system we are talking about?
15. Q2) From the given possibilities in which year did the British Introduced the permanent settlement of Bengal?
16. Due to the Ijaradari system, the ..... lost their rights of revenue collection.
17. ..... , a famous poet and artist of nineteenth-century Britain.
18. Q3) What was the chief advantage of the company when appointed as the Diwan of Bengal?
19. Gandhiji Visited Champaran
20. The Ryotwari system was extended to entire territory of Southern India by:
21. What was the main objective of the company after assuming Diwani rights?
22. What is 'Bigha'?
23. A terrible famine had stuck Bengal in
24. The planters were reluctant to expand area under nij cultivation as
25. Who was Zamindars?
26. Who devised the new system of revenue called Mahalwari?
27. What was the main crop cultivated in Assam during the Company's rule?
28. The Permanent Settlement of 1793 fixed revenue for zamindars at:
29. Name the person who first introduced Ryotwari settlement.
30. The Company introduced the ..... in 1793.
31. Under this system, farmers produced indigo in their own fields.
32. WHO PRODUCED AND DESIGNED THE FLORAL COTTON PRINT DURING THE 19TH CENTURY????
33. One third of the population was wiped out from Bengal because
34. As Diwan, the company had to look after ..... of Bengal
35. *As ..... the Company became the chief financial administrator of the territory under its control.
36. After harvest, the indigo plant was taken to the ..... in the indigo factory
37. Who was interviewed by the member of the indigo commission in 1860.
38. Who introduced the Mahalwari system of revenue?
39. What is a famine?
40. What is the meaning of Mahal in Mahalwari system?
41. H.T. Colebrook describes the conditions of the under-tenant farmers in
42. Why did the British prefer Indian indigo over European woad for dye production?
43. Who persuaded Mahatma Gandhi to visit Champaran?
44. The demand for indigo increased in the late seventeenth century.
45. The crops were deliberately and forcefully grown in India as they were highly in demand in
46. Which Mughal Ruler awarded the Diwani Rights to British East India Company?
47. By whom was a flora cotton print designed
48. Under Permanent Settlement, Rajas and Talukdars were recognised as
49. Q6) When did the new system devised by Holt Mackenzie?
50. Why did the East India Company become the Diwan of Bengal in 1765?
51. ..... a terrible famine killed ten million people in Bengal. About one-third of the population was wiped out.
52. The international demand of indigo was affected by the discovery of:
53. After which war was Diwani Rights granted to BEIC?
54. ..... was Governor-General of India in 1793
55. Which year did the EIC introduce the Permanent Settlement?
56. Artisans started deserting Bengal villages because
57. A very high rate of revenue was the major problem of the ryotwari system.
58. In which year did one-third of Bengals population wiped out by a terrible famine.
59. Indigo cultivation was done under two main systems known as
60. WHAT WAS GRANTED TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY BY THE MUGHAL EMPEROR IN 1765?
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