History Ch - 3 Ruling the Countryside Social Studies - History Ch - 3 Ruling the Countryside

Which of the following statements is/are correct? 
I. On 12th August, 1765, the Mughal emperor appointed the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal. 
II. As Diwan, the Company became the chief financial administrator of the territory under its control.

Imagine you are one of the zamidars of Bengal. What role did you play in the indigo rebellion at 1859?

Consider the following statements and choose the correct option. 
I. In the British territories in the South, there was a similar move away from the idea of Permanent Settlement. 
II. The new system that was devised came to be known as the ryotwar (or ryotwari). 
III. The settlement, they argued, had to be made directly with the cultivator (ryots) who has tilled the land for generations

The Indigo Commission was set-up to enquire into the system of indigo production. Whom did the Commission hold guilty?

Which one of the following is arranged in chronological sequence? 
(i) Blue Rebellion 
(ii) Mahalwari System 
(iii) Permanent Settlement

Assertion (A) In the North-Western Provinces of the Bengal Presidency (most of this area is now in Uttar Pradesh), an Englishman called Holt Mackenzie devised the new system which came into effect in 1822. 
Reason (R) He felt that the village was an important social institution in North Indian society and needed to be preserved.

Assertion (A) The British realised that the countryside could not only yield revenue, it could also grow the crops that Europe required. 
Reason (R) By the late 18th century, the Company was trying its best to expand the cultivation of opium and indigo.

Mahatma Gandhi visited Champaran for Quit India Movement.

The indigo villages were usually around East India Company's headquarters.

The conditions of under-tenants in Bengal was described by HT Colebrook in 1806.

Permanent Settlement recognised the rajas and taluqdars as zamindars.

By the first decade of the 19th century, cultivation system developed and the prices in market rose.

Indigo was cultivated by the __________ in Brazil, the __________ in Jamaica and the __________in Venezuela.

'Rural Life in Bengal, 1860' is written by __________.

Ryotwari system was also known as __________.

Cornwallis was the Governor-General of Bengal when the __________ was introduced.

Between __________and __________the production of indigo in the world fell by half.

How did Company purchase goods in India before 1865?

Why did cloth dyers prefer indigo Instead of woad as dye?

What was used to produce the rich indigo colour?

When did the Mahalwari system come into existence?

What were the consequences of 1770 famine in Bengal?

Imagine that you are a Company representative sending a report back to England about the conditions in rural areas under Company rule. What would you write?

Why did European cloth manufacturers have to depend on woad?

Why did the cultivator find the system of Permanent Settlement oppressive?

Look into the history of either tea or coffee plantation in India. See how the life of workers in these plantations was similar to or different from that of workers in indigo plantations.

Find out more about the Champaran Movement and Mahatma Gandhi's role in it.

Imagine a conversation between a planter and a peasant who is being forced to grow indigo. What reasons would the planter give to persuade the peasant? What problems would the peasant point out? Enact their conversation.

Imagine you are a witness giving evidence before the Indigo Commission. WS Seton Karr asks you "On what condition will ryots grow indigo?" What will your answer be?

After becoming the Diwan of Bengal in 1765, the Company realised that it had to move with some cautions. What caution the Company had to take after It became the Diwan?

Who was Holt Mackenzie? Explain the system devised by him.

What crisis was faced by the Bengal economy?

Why do you think Colebrook is concerned with the conditions of the under-ryots in Bengal? Read the preceding pages and suggest possible reasons.

The indigo villages were usually around indigo factories owned by planters. After harvest, the Indigo plants was taken to the vats in the indigo factory. Describe different stages of the production of indigo.

Under the ryoti system, the planters forced the ryots to sign a contract, an agreement (satta). Explain this system and its problems.

Write a short note on Blue Rebellion.

By the end of the 18th century, the demand for Indian indigo grew further. Britain began to industrialise and its cotton production expanded dramatically, creating an for indigo increased, its existing supplies from the West-Indies and America collapsed for a variety of reasons. Between 1783 and 1789, the production of indigo in the world fell by half. Cloth dyers in Britain now desperately looked for new sources of indigo supply. 
(I) What led to the increased demand for indian Indigo by the end of the eighteenth century? 
(a) Decrease in cotton production in India. 
(b) Expansion of the spice trade. 
(c) Industrilisation in Britain and a rise in cotton production 
(d) Increased availability of indigo from the West Indies 
(II) Why did the demand for indigo grow as Britain industrialised? 
(a) Indigo was used as a fuel 
(b) Indigo was used as a primary material 
(c) Both (a) and (b) 
(d) Indigo was used for dyeing cloth 
(iii) What caused the collapse of existing indigo supplies from the West Indies and America? 
(a) Successful negotiation of trade agreements with India 
(b) Decreased demand for cloth dyes in Britain 
(c) Increase in local production of. indigo in the West Indies and America. 
(d) None of the above 
(iv) During the 1783 and 1789, the production of __________ In the world fell by half. 
(a) sugarcane 
(b) indigo 
(c) black pepper 
(d) None of these