Ruling The Countryside VIII Revision

Ruling the Countryside

Objective Type Questions

1. Who appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal in 1765?

(a) Aurangzeb

(b) Shah Alam II

(c) Bahadur Shah I

(d) Jahangir

2. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in ______.

(a) 1765

(b) 1770

(c)1793

(d) 1810


3. In the Mahalwari system, who was made responsible for collecting and paying revenue to the Company?

(a) Zamindar

(b) Ryot

(c) Village headman

(d) British officer

4. The Ryotwari system was developed by:

(a) Robert Clive

(b) Lord Cornwallis

(c) Thomas Munro

(d) Warren Hastings

5. Which crop was not promoted by the British for export?

(a) Jute

(b) Tea

(c) Indigo

(d) Barley

6. Indigo cultivation under which system was directly managed by planters?

(a) Mahalwari system

(b) Ryoti system

(c) Nij system

(d) Ryotwari system

7. The “Blue Rebellion” took place in:

(a) 1770

(b) 1793

 (c)1857

(d) 1859

8. Mahatma Gandhi’s Champaran Movement against indigo planters began in:

(a) 1859

(b) 1885

(c) 1917

(d) 1942

A. Fill in the blanks

1. The East India Company became the Diwan of Bengal in ________.

2. In 1770, a terrible famine killed ________ people in Bengal.

3. Under the Permanent Settlement, ________ were recognised as zamindars.

4. In the Mahalwari system, revenue was assessed village by village, also known as ________.

5. Indigo exhausted the ________ rapidly.

6. By 1810, ________ percent of indigo imported into Britain came from India.

B. True or False

1. The revenue under the Permanent Settlement was permanently fixed. (______)

2. In the Ryotwari system, the settlement was made with zamindars. (______)

3. Indigo production was highly profitable for Indian peasants. (______)

4. In 1859, indigo ryots rebelled against planters. (______)

5. Indigo was used in Europe to make blue dye. (______)

C. Match the Following

Column A Column B

Permanent Settlement 1793

Mahalwari system Village headman

Ryotwari system Thomas Munro

Blue Rebellion 1859

Champaran Movement 1917

D. One Word / One Line Answer

1. Who introduced the Ryotwari system in South India?

2. Which system of revenue was introduced in Bengal in 1793?

3. Name two crops that the British forced Indian farmers to cultivate.

4. What was the system of indigo cultivation in which peasants worked under contracts?

5. Which commission was set up to enquire into the indigo system?

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