This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > Ruling The Countryside > Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How much proportion of Indigo was imported from India by Britain in 1810? A) 75 per cent. B) 90 per cent. C) 85 per cent. D) 95 per cent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 95 per cent. 2. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ryotwari system. 3. ) The Demand for indigo increased in late 18 century in Britain because of: A) Population. B) Quality. C) Industries. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industries. 4. Blue rebellion took place in: A) January, 1861. B) March, 1859. C) March, 1861. D) December 1859. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) March, 1859. 5. The Europeans want to ban import of indigo. Which was the plant that they thought had a competition with indigo? A) Madder. B) Larkspur. C) Woad. D) Weld. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Woad. 6. Assumption of Diwani rights means A) Company could now use vast revenue resources. B) Company became chief financial administrator. C) Company could fix the revenue. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 7. NAME THE PRINT CREATED BY THE WEAVERS OF ANDHRA PRADESH A) Kalamkari. B) KALAKARI. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kalamkari. 8. "The permanent settlement, However created peace" True or False A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. In which system was village considered as a social institution & village Headman in charge of collecting revenue? A) Ryotwari. B) Permanent. C) Mahalwari. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahalwari. 10. HOW DID THE COMPANY PURCHASE GOODS BEFORE 1865??? A) BY EXPORTING. B) BY AUCTION. C) NOE OF THESE. D) BY IMPORTING. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) BY IMPORTING. 11. What happened to the indigo production after the Revolt of 1857? A) It expanded to new regions. B) It flourished. C) It collapsed in Bengal. D) It was nationalized. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It collapsed in Bengal. 12. Name the revenue collecting system introduced by Holt Mackenzie during 1822. A) Ryotwari System. B) Mahalwari System. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mahalwari System. 13. The revenue was to be revised periodically, not permanently fixed in ..... A) Mahalwari system. B) Permanent Settlement. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mahalwari system. 14. The system of revenue introduced in the British territories in the South was known as: A) Mahalwari settlement. B) Ryotwari system. C) Permanent settlement. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ryotwari system. 15. By the 13th Century Britain, ..... and ..... used Indigo produced in India to dye clothes. A) Italy, France. B) Portugal, France. C) Italy, Caribbean islands. D) France, Caribbean islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italy, France. 16. Who introduced the Permanent settlement in India? A) Stop Mackenzie. B) Robert Clive. C) Lord Cornwallis. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Cornwallis. 17. Under the Mahalwari system, the estimated revenue of each plot within a village was added up to calculate the revenue that each mahal had to pay. From the given list of options, which one is closest in meaning to the word mahal? A) Landlord(s). B) Zamindar(s). C) Tenant(s). D) Village(s). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Village(s). 18. Who found the mahalwari system? A) Warren Hastings. B) Mahal. C) Holt Mackenzie. D) Thomas Munro. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holt Mackenzie. 19. Which of the following statement not related to Mahalwari System. A) The revenue rate was not fixed permanently. B) In this system revenue was to be paid by village called Mahal. C) This System start by Charles Cornwallis. D) The responsibility of revenue collection was given to the village headman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) This System start by Charles Cornwallis. 20. Mahatma Gandhi ended the cultivation of indigo at Champaran. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Under the ryoti system, the planters forced the ..... to sign a contract, an agreement (satta). At times they pressurised the ..... to sign the contract on behalf of the ryots to sign the contract on behalf of the ryots A) Raja, Gomasthas. B) Ryots, village headmen. C) Lathials, King. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ryots, village headmen. 22. Holt Mackenzie devised the new system which came into effect in 1822, it was known as ..... A) Permanent settlement system. B) Ryotwari system. C) Mahalwari system. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahalwari system. 23. Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced? A) 1706. B) 1803. C) 1807. D) 1793. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1793. 24. Who collected the rent from cultivators in the Ryotwari system? A) The Zamindar. B) The village headman. C) The farmer paid kit directly to the company. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The farmer paid kit directly to the company. 25. Gandhiji visited Champaran because ..... A) To see the plight of the indigo planters in Champaran. B) To see the progress of indigo production. C) To see the managing system of company. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see the plight of the indigo planters in Champaran. 26. Assertion (A)-The Indigo commission asked the ryots to fulfill their existing contracts, but could refuse to grow indigo in future.Reason (R)-The commission held the planters guilty and criticised them for their coercive methods they used with indigo cultivators. A) Only A is correct. B) Only R is correct. C) Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A. D) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A. 27. Name the type of plantation in which the planters purchased the land or they leased it from the zamidars A) New Cultiveness. B) Ryoti Cultivation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) New Cultiveness. 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. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The revenue rate was too high. 29. From the given dates, on which date did the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II, appoint the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal? A) On 12 August 1765. B) On 12 August 1700. C) On 12 August 1780. D) On 12 August 1750. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On 12 August 1765. 30. The Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in ..... A) 1765. B) 1763. C) 1764. D) 1762. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1765. 31. What do you mean by nij and ryoti? A) The two main areas where indigo was cultivated in India. B) The two main trading centres of indigo. C) The two important systems of indigo cultivation. D) The two main sets of zamindars. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The two important systems of indigo cultivation. 32. Among the following states, where the kalamkari print was created by weavers? A) Tamil Nadu. B) Kerala. C) Karnataka. D) Andhra Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andhra Pradesh. 33. In the Mahalwari system, tax was paid by the A) The peasants themselves. B) Zamindar. C) Village headman. D) The British Resident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Village headman. 34. Q5) How many percent did ryots cultivated the land under nij cultivation? A) 50%. B) 25%. C) 75%. D) 100%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25%. 35. Why did many British officials quit their jobs to become indigo planters? A) The Indian climate was healthier for British settlers. B) They wanted to escape British taxation. C) The indigo business was highly profitable. D) The British government forced them to settle in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The indigo business was highly profitable. 36. In which of the following system was revenue revised periodically & was directly collected from cultivators? A) Mahalwari. B) Ryotwari. C) Permanent. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ryotwari. 37. Where did the French began cultivating indigo? A) Jamaica. B) North America. C) St. Domingue in the Caribbean Islands. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) St. Domingue in the Caribbean Islands. 38. ) Which were the two main systems of cultivation? A) Shifting and Plantation. B) Nij and Ryots. C) Loosening and breaking. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nij and Ryots. 39. Indigo cultivation on a large scale required too many ploughs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 40. Who found the Munro system? A) Thomas Munro. B) Thomas Mahal. C) Mahal Munro. D) Charles Cornwallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Munro. 41. A large farm operated by a planter employing various forms of forced labour. Plantations are associated with the production of coffee, sugarcane, tobacco, tea and cotton. A) Plantation. B) Field. C) Farm. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plantation. 42. Growers of woad in Europe saw ..... as a crop which would provide competition to their earnings. A) Watermelon. B) Apple. C) Indigo. D) Cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indigo. 43. Assertion (A)-Under ryoti system, the planters forced the ryots to sign a contract or agreement known as satta.Reason (R)-Those who sign the contract got cash advances from the planters to grow rice at low rates of interest. A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true and R is not the correct explanation of A. C) Only A is true R is false. D) Only R is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Only A is true R is false. 44. THE INTERNATIONAL DEMAND FOR INDIGO WAS AFFECTED BY THE ..... A) SYNTHETIC DYES. B) WOAD. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SYNTHETIC DYES. 45. Q4) When did Mughal emperor appointed British as Diwan of Bengal A) 1765. B) 1763. C) 1764. D) 1766. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1765. 46. Which crop cultivation was more prominent in Assam during the Company rule A) Jute. B) Tea. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea. 47. ..... devised the Munro system. A) Alexander Reed. B) Thomas Munro. C) Holt Mackenzie. D) Charles Cornwallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Munro. 48. Who had developed the Munro System? A) Captain Alexander. B) Holt Mackenzie. C) Thomas Munro. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Munro. 49. Who are called the ryots? A) The landlords. B) The women worker who used to carry indigo plant to the vats. C) The cultivators or the peasants who actually worked on the land. D) The village headmen who controlled the village land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cultivators or the peasants who actually worked on the land. 50. When did famine hit Bengal A) 1701. B) 1770. C) 1800. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1770. 51. NAME THE LAND REVENUE SETTLEMENT THAT WAS INTRODUCED IN SOUTH INDIA???? A) MUNRO SYSTEM. B) MAHALWARI SYSTEM. C) RYOTWARI SYSYTEM. D) PERMANANT SETTLEMENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) RYOTWARI SYSYTEM. 52. IN WHICH YEAR DID MAHATMA GANDHI VISIT THE CHAMPARAN AND SEE THE PLIGHT OF THE INDIGO CULTIVATORS??? A) 1902. B) 1923. C) 1915. D) 1917. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1917. 53. Why was ryotwari system not used in the north west bengal or north india? A) There were no traditional zamindars. B) People didn't like it there. C) There were no British there. D) Because of world war. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There were no traditional zamindars. 54. Indigo production was not profitable for A) W.S Seton Karr. B) Peasants. C) Riot. D) Hadj Mawla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peasants. 55. Lord Cornwallis introduced the ..... settlement in 1793. A) Permanent. B) Official. C) Mahalwari. D) Temporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Permanent. 56. In ..... , thousands of ryots in Bengal refused to grow indigo A) March 1859. B) May 1858. C) March 1857. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) March 1859. 57. What problem arose from the Permanent Settlement? A) Zamindars invested heavily in land improvement. B) The Company lost control over revenue. C) High fixed revenue led to zamindars not improving land. D) Peasants received too much support. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) High fixed revenue led to zamindars not improving land. 58. Which of the following are the drawbacks of Permanent settlement? A) The rate of land revenue was too high. B) Oppressive. C) Peasant falling into a debt trap. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 59. ..... is money that a government receives from people. A) Diwan. B) Revenue. C) Bigha. D) Settlement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Revenue. 60. Other than India which country had potential of growing indigo A) Caribbean Island. B) Andaman Island. C) All the above. 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