This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Ryotwari System was also known as ..... A) Permanent Settlement. B) Mahalwari System. C) Munro System. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Munro System. 2. What were the names of the two main systems of indigo cultivation? A) The nij and the ryoti. B) The ups and downs. C) Do and work. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nij and the ryoti. 3. If zamindars didn't pay revenue, then British A) Used to jail them. B) Seize their goods. C) Auction their land. D) Punish them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Auction their land. 4. In which year Mahatma Gandhi visit Champaran and see the plight of the indigo cultivators? A) 1917. B) 1920. C) 1906. D) 1915. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1917. 5. Which European country started indigo plantations in the Caribbean before the British turned to India? A) Spain. B) France. C) Portugal. D) Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) France. 6. In ..... a terrible famine killed ..... people in Bengal. A) 1865, one million. B) 1765, ten million. C) 1770, ten million. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1770, ten million. 7. In ..... , a terrible famine killed 10 million people in Bengal. A) 1770. B) 1655. C) 1779. D) 1765. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1770. 8. What is this crowd??? A) JUST A UNIT. B) UNIT OF MASS. C) UNIT OF CAPACITY. D) UNIT OF MEASUREMENT. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) UNIT OF MEASUREMENT. 9. What is a Mahal? A) A revenue estate. B) Kings empire. C) Kings mansion. D) Freedom movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A revenue estate. 10. In which year the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal? A) 1807. B) 1803. C) 1789. D) 1765. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1765. 11. What was the outcome of the 'Blue Rebellion'? A) The zamindars gained more power. B) The British government supported the planters. C) Indigo production increased. D) Indigo production collapsed in Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indigo production collapsed in Bengal. 12. Who gave a visit in the year 1917 at champaran movement against the indigo planters. A) Sardar Ajit Singh. B) Vallabhabhai Patel. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Subhas Chandra boss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi. 13. Where was the Mahalwari system introduced? A) Only in Bengal. B) Northern parts of India. C) South India. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northern parts of India. 14. Bigha is the unit of ..... measurement by the British in Bengal. A) Land. B) Flowers. C) Money. D) Substance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land. 15. Who was the agents of planters? A) Gomasta. B) Samantha. C) Zamindar. D) Commander. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gomasta. 16. Vat is a ..... A) Tool used in transplantation of indigo. B) Fermenting or storage vessel. C) Name of a governor general. D) Name of a indigo factory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fermenting or storage vessel. 17. ..... devised the Mahalwari system in 1922. A) Robert Mills. B) Cornwall. C) Holt Mackenzie. D) Warren Hastings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Holt Mackenzie. 18. IN WHICH YEAR PERMANANT SETTLEMENT WAS INTRODUCED????? A) 1793. B) 1706. C) 1755. D) 1785. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1793. 19. In the Mahalwari system the revenue was collected by ..... A) Zamindars. B) Village headman. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Village headman. 20. After assuming Diwani rights the company ..... A) Could use vast revenue resources. B) Could fix revenue. C) Both a & b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a & b. 21. After the incident in 1770, ..... - ..... of the population was wiped out. A) One-fourth. B) Two-third. C) One-third. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One-third. 22. Between ..... and, ..... the world production of indigo fell by a half A) 1783, 1789. B) 1846, 1890. C) 1864, 1930. D) 1770, 1870. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1783, 1789. 23. What was one major reason why British planters struggled to expand nij (plantation-owned) cultivation of indigo? A) British planters lacked knowledge of Indian agriculture. B) The best lands were already being used for rice cultivation. C) Indigo could only be grown in desert areas. D) The Indian climate was unsuitable for large-scale indigo plantations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The best lands were already being used for rice cultivation. 24. In the nij system of cultivation the planters rented or leased out land. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. By what name Indigo Revolt is also known as? A) Blue Rebellion. B) Blue Revolt. C) Blue Mutiny. D) Blue Rage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blue Rebellion. ← 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 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 10Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books