This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 11 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Europeans want to ban import of indigo. Which was the plant that they thought had a competition with indigo? A) Woad. B) Larkspur. C) Weld. D) Madder. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Woad. 2. 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. 3. 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. 4. "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. 5. Who hold 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. 6. 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. 7. HOW DID THE COMPANY PURCHASE GOODS BEFORE 1865??? A) BY IMPORTING. B) BY EXPORTING. C) BY AUCTION. D) NOE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BY IMPORTING. 8. Which of the following is not matched correctly? A) English Jamaica. B) French Madagascar. C) Portuguese Brazil. D) Spanish Venezuela. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) French Madagascar. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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). 16. Who found the mahalwari system? A) Mahal. B) Holt Mackenzie. C) Thomas Munro. D) Warren Hastings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holt Mackenzie. 17. 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. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. Which year was Permanent Settlement introduced? A) 1807. B) 1706. C) 1803. D) 1793. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1793. 22. What is Mahal? A) A revenue estate. B) King's Mansion. C) King's Empire. D) Freedom movements. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A revenue estate. 23. The East India company was appointed Diwan of Bengal in the Year A) 1760. B) 1762. C) 1764. D) 1765. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1765. 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. 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