This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Around 1810, 95% of the indigo was imported from A) Caribbean Islands. B) India. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 2. Who devised Mahalwari system? A) Charles Cornwallis. B) Holt Mackenzie. C) Thomas Munro. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Holt Mackenzie. 3. Name the land revenue settlement that was introduced in southern India. A) Permanent settlement. B) Munro system. C) Mahalwari settlement. D) Ryotwari settlement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ryotwari settlement. 4. Growers of woad saw ..... crop as competition to their earinings A) Tea. B) Rubber. C) Indigo. D) Coffee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indigo. 5. What did the ryots receive from planters under the ryoti system? A) Cash advances. B) Land ownership. C) High-interest loans. D) Free seeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cash advances. 6. Mahalwari settlement was introduced in ..... presidency A) Bengal. B) Madras. C) Bombay. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bengal. 7. Revenue was fixed in Permanent Settlement A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Gomasthas were A) Lathi wielding strong men. B) Dairy farmers. C) Agents of planters. D) A person who is compelled to work for the master. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agents of planters. 9. In which part of India was Mahalwari system prominent? A) United provinces of North & North-West. B) South India. C) Bengal, Bihar & Orissa. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United provinces of North & North-West. 10. The Company tried many experiments to increase the land revenue. Name the Settlement system introduced in the Madras and Bombay presidencies? A) Permanent Settlement System. B) British Settlement System. C) Ryotwari Settlement System. D) Mahalwari Settlement System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ryotwari Settlement System. 11. Who was the governor general during the introduction of Permanent Settlement? A) Lord Dalhousie. B) Warren Hasting. C) Charles Cornwallis. D) Lord Ripon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charles Cornwallis. 12. 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? A) New Cultiveness. B) Ryotwari System. C) Ryoti System. D) Permanent Settlement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Permanent Settlement. 13. Q2) From the given possibilities in which year did the British Introduced the permanent settlement of Bengal? A) 1793. B) 1800. C) 1815. D) 1780. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1793. 14. Due to the Ijaradari system, the ..... lost their rights of revenue collection. A) Peasants. B) Officials. C) Zamindars. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zamindars. 15. ..... , a famous poet and artist of nineteenth-century Britain. A) Cornwallis. B) William Morris. C) Thomas Munro. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Morris. 16. Ryotwari system was introduced by ..... and ..... A) Alexander Reed, Thomas Munro. B) Dalhousie, Cornwallis. C) Clive, Reed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander Reed, Thomas Munro. 17. Q3) What was the chief advantage of the company when appointed as the Diwan of Bengal? A) The company helped the artisans to sell their goods at higher prices. B) Agriculture production saw an increase in Bengal. C) The company became the chief financial administrator of the territory under its control and they could raise revenue. D) The company could trade to whichever company they wanted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The company became the chief financial administrator of the territory under its control and they could raise revenue. 18. Gandhiji Visited Champaran A) To see the plight of Indigo planters in Champaran. B) To see the progress of Indigo plantation. C) To see the managing system of company. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To see the plight of Indigo planters in Champaran. 19. The Ryotwari system was extended to entire territory of Southern India by: A) Thomas Munroe. B) Alexander Reed. C) Lord Cornwallis. D) Robert Clive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thomas Munroe. 20. What was the main objective of the company after assuming Diwani rights? A) Getting more land. B) Getting more revenue. C) Getting moregold. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Getting more revenue. 21. What is 'Bigha'? A) Unit of temperature. B) Unit of capacity. C) Unit of measurement. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unit of measurement. 22. A terrible famine had stuck Bengal in A) 1770. B) 1778. C) 1896. D) 1765. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1770. 23. The planters were reluctant to expand area under nij cultivation as A) Ploughs and bullocks were busy on the rice field. B) Labour was not easily available as they were busy with their rice cultivation. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 24. Who was Zamindars? A) Landlords. B) Kings. C) Slave. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landlords. 25. Who devised the new system of revenue called Mahalwari? A) Queen Elizabeth. B) Holt Makenzie. C) Queen Victoria. D) Gandhiji. 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