This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 8 > Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling The Countryside Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The international demand of indigo was affected by the discovery of: A) Woad. B) Rich blue colour. C) Synthetic dyes. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthetic dyes. 2. After which war was Diwani Rights granted to BEIC? A) Anglo-Burmese War. B) Battle of Plassey. C) Battle of Buxar. D) Anglo Sikh War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Battle of Buxar. 3. ..... was Governor-General of India in 1793 A) Warren Hastings. B) Charles Cornwallis. C) Louis Chole. D) George Martin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Cornwallis. 4. Which year did the EIC introduce the Permanent Settlement? A) 1793. B) 1785. C) 1555. D) 1669. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1793. 5. Artisans started deserting Bengal villages because A) Of famine. B) Unavailability of raw material. C) They were forced to sell goods at low prices. D) Floods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were forced to sell goods at low prices. 6. A very high rate of revenue was the major problem of the ryotwari system. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. In which year did one-third of Bengals population wiped out by a terrible famine. A) 1770. B) 1680. C) 1678. D) 1750. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1770. 8. Indigo cultivation was done under two main systems known as A) Permanent Settlement and Ryotwari System. B) Mahalwari system and Munro system. C) New and Ryoti. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New and Ryoti. 9. WHAT WAS GRANTED TO THE EAST INDIA COMPANY BY THE MUGHAL EMPEROR IN 1765? A) FAUJDARI RIGHTS. B) Dinns rights. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dinns rights. 10. The 'Ryoti' system of indigo cultivation meant that: A) Peasants cultivated indigo under British supervision but had no control over the price. B) The British planters owned all land and employed peasants as laborers. C) Indigo was grown only in European-owned plantations. D) The British gave ownership of indigo fields to peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peasants cultivated indigo under British supervision but had no control over the price. 11. Who started Champaran Movement? A) J l Nehru. B) Rajkumar Shukla. C) Mahatma Gandhi. D) Rajendra Prasad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi. 12. Who produced and designed the floral cotton print during nineteenth century? A) Charles Frederick. B) Thomas Wood. C) James William. D) William Morris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Morris. 13. What was the mahalwari settlement? A) A system for agricultural loans. B) A system for indigo cultivation. C) A system where village headmen collected revenue. D) A system where zamindars collected revenue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A system where village headmen collected revenue. 14. Assertion (A):The British set up an Indigo Commission in 1860. Reason (R):The British government was concerned about the hardships faced by planters due to declining profits. A) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is true, but R is false. D) A is false, but R is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A. 15. The East India Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in ..... A) 1765. B) 1756. C) 1760. D) 1762. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1765. 16. UNDER PERMANENT SETTLEMENT, WHO WERE RECOGNISED AS ZAMINDARS? A) RAJAS AND TALUQDARS. B) RAJAS AND FAUJDARS. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RAJAS AND TALUQDARS. 17. When did the East India Company become the Diwan of Bengal? A) 5 March 1783. B) 20 July 1793. C) 12 August 1765. D) 1 January 1770. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12 August 1765. 18. Thomas Munroe introduced the tax system called A) Ryotwari. B) Permanent Settlement. C) Rental. D) Mahalwari. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ryotwari. 19. In which system the cultivators got trapped in the never ending cycle of loans A) New System. B) Ryoti System. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ryoti System. 20. What crop did the Company try to expand cultivation of in the late 18th century? A) Wheat. B) Indigo. C) Sugarcane. D) Rice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indigo. 21. Who controlled the Caribbean Islands A) France. B) Britain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) France. 22. After the collapse of indigo cultivation in Bengal, the planters now shifted their operation to ..... A) U.Ip!. B) Bihar. C) South India. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bihar. 23. The authority to tax Bengal given to East India Company by the Mughal Emperor was called: A) Dinns rights. B) Civil Rights. C) Land Rights. D) Social Rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dinns rights. 24. The was introduced by Lord Cornwallis A) Mahalwari system. B) Permanent Settlement. C) Ryotwari system. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Permanent Settlement. 25. ) The Slave revolt took place on: A) January 1787. B) November 1546. C) August 1791. D) April 1694. 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