This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. How much proportion of Indigo was imported from India to Britain in 1810? A) 75%. B) 95%. C) 90%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 95%. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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 1750. B) On 12 August 1780. C) On 12 August 1765. D) On 12 August 1700. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On 12 August 1765. 6. The Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in ..... A) 1762. B) 1763. C) 1764. D) 1765. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1765. 7. What do you mean by nij and ryoti? A) The two main trading centres of indigo. B) The two main areas where indigo was cultivated in India. 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. 8. 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. 9. In the Mahalwari system, tax was paid by the A) Village headman. B) Zamindar. C) The peasants themselves. D) The British Resident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Village headman. 10. Q5) How many percent did ryots cultivated the land under nij cultivation? A) 50%. B) 75%. C) 25%. D) 100%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 25%. 11. Why did many British officials quit their jobs to become indigo planters? A) The British government forced them to settle in India. B) The indigo business was highly profitable. C) They wanted to escape British taxation. D) The Indian climate was healthier for British settlers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The indigo business was highly profitable. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. ) 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. 15. 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. 16. Who found the Munro system? A) Thomas Munro. B) Thomas Mahal. C) Mahal Munro. D) Charles Cornwallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Munro. 17. 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. 18. Growers of woad in Europe saw ..... as a crop which would provide competition to their earnings. A) Apple. B) Cotton. C) Indigo. D) Watermelon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indigo. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. Q4) When did Mughal emperor appointed British as Diwan of Bengal A) 1763. B) 1765. C) 1764. D) 1766. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1765. 22. 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. 23. ..... devised the Munro system. A) Alexander Reed. B) Thomas Munro. C) Holt Mackenzie. D) Charles Cornwallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Munro. 24. 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. 25. 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 1Class 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 6Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 7Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 8Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 9Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books