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MCQ 11 Mark
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
    Agricultural production saw an increase in Bengal.
  • ✓
    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 country they wanted.
Answer
Correct option: C.
The Company became the chief financial administrator of the territory under its control, and they could raise revenue.
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MCQ 21 Mark
Given below are some points with regard to the nij cultivation of indigo. Select the one that is not related to the nij cultivation.
  • A
    The planters produced indigo in the lands that he directly controlled.
  • B
    Planters cultivated in lands either bought by them or rented it from other zamindars and produced indigo by directly employing hired labourers.
  • C
    Planters needed large areas in compact blocks to cultivate indigo.
  • ✓
    The planters were forced to sign a contract, an agreement $($satta$).$
Answer
Correct option: D.
The planters were forced to sign a contract, an agreement $($satta$).$
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MCQ 31 Mark
Which one of the following statements are true with respect to the Mahalwari System.
  • ✓
    The landlords were collectively responsible for the tax payment to the East India Company.
  • B
    The Cultivator paid half of the revenue as tax directly to the government.
  • C
    The Zamindar paid a fixed amount to the Government , otherwise he was evicted from the land.
  • D
    This system created a new class of landlords who were loyal to the Britishers.
Answer
Correct option: A.
The landlords were collectively responsible for the tax payment to the East India Company.
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MCQ 41 Mark
From the given dates, on which date did the Mughal emperor appoint the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal.
  • A
    On $12$ August $1750.$
  • B
    On $12$ August $1780.$
  • ✓
    On $12$ August $1765.$
  • D
    On $12$ August $1700.$
Answer
Correct option: C.
On $12$ August $1765.$
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MCQ 51 Mark
The company introduced $............$ in $1793.$
  • A
    Judiciary changes.
  • ✓
    Permanent Settlement.
  • C
    Administrative reforms.
  • D
    Agriculture reforms.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Permanent Settlement.
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MCQ 61 Mark
Under permanent settlements, Rajas and Talukdars were recognised as:
  • ✓
    Zamindars.
  • B
    Kings.
  • C
    Diwans.
  • D
    Peasants.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Zamindars.
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MCQ 71 Mark
$...........$ was Madras governor in $1819.$
  • ✓
    Thomas Munro.
  • B
    Franklin.
  • C
    Jacob Smith.
  • D
    Holt Mackenzie.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Thomas Munro.
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MCQ 81 Mark
Artisans started deserting Bengal villages because:
  • A
    Of famine.
  • B
    Unavailability of raw material.
  • ✓
    They were forced to sell goods at low prices.
  • D
    Floods.
Answer
Correct option: C.
They were forced to sell goods at low prices.
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MCQ 91 Mark
$............$ collected revenues under Mahalwari system.
  • A
    Zamindars.
  • B
    English officials.
  • ✓
    Village headmen.
  • D
    Soldiers.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Village headmen.
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MCQ 101 Mark
Nearly $.........$ people died in Bengal famine that occurred in $1770.$
  • A
    $20$ million.
  • B
    $1$ million.
  • ✓
    $10$ million.
  • D
    $25$ million.
Answer
Correct option: C.
$10$ million.
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MCQ 121 Mark
Where did the Ryotwari Settlement was introduced?
  • A
    Bombay Presidency.
  • ✓
    South and West India.
  • C
    Deccan.
  • D
    Punjab.
Answer
Correct option: B.
South and West India.
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MCQ 131 Mark
$...........$ devised Mahalwari system in $1922.$
  • A
    Robert Mills.
  • B
    Cornwille.
  • ✓
    Holt Mackenzie.
  • D
    Warren Hastings.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Holt Mackenzie.
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MCQ 141 Mark
Why was there a popular demand for Indian indigo in Italy, France and Britain?
  • A
    India was the biggest producer of indigo and no other country produced indigo.
  • B
    There was a ban on indigo import in other countries .
  • C
    Indigo imports were tax free.
  • ✓
    Indigo was used to dye cloth and there was a huge demand.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Indigo was used to dye cloth and there was a huge demand.
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MCQ 151 Mark
The lathi weilding strongmen maintained by planters are:
  • A
    Ryots.
  • B
    Peasant.
  • ✓
    Lathiyals.
  • D
    Vat-Beater.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Lathiyals.
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MCQ 161 Mark
As Diwan, the company had to look after $..........$ of Bengal.
  • ✓
    Financial administration.
  • B
    Defence.
  • C
    Religious issues.
  • D
    Judiciary.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Financial administration.
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MCQ 171 Mark
What do you mean by the term Mortgage?
  • A
    Agreement between moneylenders and nawab.
  • B
    Agreement between king and peasants.
  • ✓
    Agreement between moneylenders and peasants.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Agreement between moneylenders and peasants.
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MCQ 181 Mark
What do you mean by nij and ryoti?
  • A
    The two main trading centres of indigo.
  • B
    The two main areas where indigo was cultivated in India.
  • ✓
    The two important systems of indigo cultivation.
  • D
    The two main sets of zamindars.
Answer
Correct option: C.
The two important systems of indigo cultivation.
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MCQ 191 Mark
Many cultivators lost their land because:
  • ✓
    Rent was high.
  • B
    Of famine.
  • C
    Of no rainfall.
  • D
    They were jailed.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Rent was high.
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MCQ 201 Mark
Who introduced the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?
  • ✓
    Lord Cornwallis.
  • B
    Lord William.
  • C
    Lord Louise.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Lord Cornwallis.
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MCQ 211 Mark
The following set of statements show the disadvantages and the problems faced by the Permanent Settlement system, choose the one that is not true.
  • A
    Company officials discovered that the zamindars were not investing in the improvement of land as they used primitive techniques.
  • B
    If the revenue amount was not paid, they lost their zamindari and there were many landless labourers.
  • C
    Many land owners were evicted because they did not have relevant documents to prove that they owned the land.
  • ✓
    As the expenses increased, Government had to decrease the taxes in other provinces.
Answer
Correct option: D.
As the expenses increased, Government had to decrease the taxes in other provinces.
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MCQ 221 Mark
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.
  • ✓
    Ryotwari Settlement System.
  • D
    Mahalwari Settlement System.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Ryotwari Settlement System.
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MCQ 231 Mark
From the given possibilities, which year did the British introduce the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?
  • ✓
    $1793.$
  • B
    $1780.$
  • C
    $1800.$
  • D
    $1815.$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$1793.$
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MCQ 241 Mark
Zamindars were responsible for collecting $...........$ from peasants.
  • ✓
    Rent.
  • B
    Goods.
  • C
    Food.
  • D
    Money.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Rent.
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MCQ 251 Mark
In which year was the Permanent Settlement System started?
  • A
    $1900.$
  • B
    $1885.$
  • C
    $1890.$
  • ✓
    $1793.$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$1793.$
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MCQ 261 Mark
Under the Mahalwari system, the estimated revenue of each plot within a village was added up to calculate the revenue that each mahal had to pay. From the given list of options, which one is closest in meaning to the word mahal?
  • A
    Landlord$(s).$
  • B
    Zamindar$(s).$
  • C
    Tenant$(s).$
  • ✓
    Village$(s).$
Answer
Correct option: D.
Village$(s).$
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MCQ 271 Mark
$..........$ was introduced in $1819.$
  • A
    Ryotwari system.
  • ✓
    Mahalwari system.
  • C
    Agriculture reforms.
  • D
    Judiciary reforms.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Mahalwari system.
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MCQ 281 Mark
From among the regions mentioned below, which region introduced the Mahalwari Settlement System in $1822?$
  • A
    Bombay.
  • B
    Madras.
  • C
    Bihar.
  • ✓
    Uttar Pradesh.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Uttar Pradesh.
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MCQ 291 Mark
Who are called the ryots?
  • A
    The landlords.
  • B
    The woman worker who used to carry indigo plant to the vats.
  • ✓
    The cultivators or the peasants who actually worked on the land.
  • D
    The village headmen who controlled the village land.
Answer
Correct option: C.
The cultivators or the peasants who actually worked on the land.
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MCQ 301 Mark
What happened in $1770$ in Bengal so that one$-$third of the population was wiped out?
  • A
    The British shipped a lot of locals to Britain and the met with an accident.
  • B
    Robert Clive had to wage a battle with the locals and killed many.
  • C
    The British and the French had a war in Bengal and many were killed.
  • ✓
    Due to a terrible famine, ten million people in Bengal were wiped out.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Due to a terrible famine, ten million people in Bengal were wiped out.
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MCQ 311 Mark
What do you mean by the term ‘Plantation’?
  • A
    Rearing of animals.
  • ✓
    A large farm operated by a planter.
  • C
    A Large Kingdom.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: B.
A large farm operated by a planter.
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MCQ 321 Mark
Over $..........$ of Bengal population was wiped out due to the famine of $1770.$
  • ✓
    One third.
  • B
    One fifth.
  • C
    One half.
  • D
    Two third.
Answer
Correct option: A.
One third.
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MCQ 331 Mark
What is Bigha?
  • A
    Unit of temperature.
  • B
    Unit of capacity.
  • ✓
    Unit of measurement.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Unit of measurement.
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MCQ 341 Mark
How much proportion of Indigo was imported from India by Britain in $1810?$
  • A
    $75\%$
  • ✓
    $95\%$
  • C
    $90\%$
  • D
    $85\%$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$95\%$
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MCQ 351 Mark
When Company got the Diwani of Bengal, the Governor General of the
  • A
    Presidency was.
  • B
    Lord Dalhousie.
  • ✓
    Lord Mountbatten.
  • D
    Robert Clive.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Lord Mountbatten.
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MCQ 361 Mark
How did the Company ask the Rajas to collect revenue?
  • A
    Rajas had to give it in the form of jewellery and gold
  • B
    Rajas had to give it from their treasury.
  • C
    Rajas had to raise revenue by selling their own land.
  • ✓
    Rajas had to collect rent from the peasants and pay revenue to the Company.
Answer
Correct option: D.
Rajas had to collect rent from the peasants and pay revenue to the Company.
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MCQ 371 Mark
Morris cotton print was invented by:
  • ✓
    William Morris.
  • B
    Robert Morris.
  • C
    John Morris.
  • D
    Morris Will.
Answer
Correct option: A.
William Morris.
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MCQ 381 Mark
From the given possibilities, which year did the British introduce the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?
  • ✓
    $1793$
  • B
    $1800$
  • C
    $1815$
  • D
    $1780$
Answer
Correct option: A.
$1793$
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MCQ 391 Mark
Gandhiji visited Champaran:
  • ✓
    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 the above.
Answer
Correct option: A.
To see the plight of Indigo planters in Champaran.
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MCQ 401 Mark
Growers of woad in Europe saw crop as competition to their earnings.
  • A
    Tea.
  • B
    Rubber.
  • ✓
    Indigo.
  • D
    Coffee.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Indigo.
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MCQ 411 Mark
The Champaran movement was against:
  • A
    Peasants.
  • B
    East India Company.
  • ✓
    The oppressive attitude of the planters.
  • D
    None of the above.
Answer
Correct option: C.
The oppressive attitude of the planters.
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MCQ 421 Mark
$........$ was Governor General of India in $1793.$
  • A
    Warren Hastings.
  • ✓
    Charles Cornwallis.
  • C
    Louis Chole.
  • D
    George Martin.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Charles Cornwallis.
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MCQ 431 Mark
Name the Englishman who introduced the Mahalwari Settlement System as a substitute to the e Permanent Settlement System.
  • A
    Thomas Munro.
  • ✓
    Holt Mackenzie.
  • C
    H T Colebrook.
  • D
    Alexander.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Holt Mackenzie.
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MCQ 441 Mark
In which year did Bengal witness the Great Famine?
  • A
    $1775.$
  • ✓
    $1770.$
  • C
    $1777.$
  • D
    $1778.$
Answer
Correct option: B.
$1770.$
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MCQ 451 Mark
In which year was the Permanent Settlement System started?
  • A
    $1900$
  • B
    $1885$
  • C
    $1890$
  • ✓
    $1793$
Answer
Correct option: D.
$1793$
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MCQ 461 Mark
After harvest, the indigo plant was taken to the in the indigo factory.
  • A
    Dye.
  • ✓
    Vatcorrect.
  • C
    Farm.
  • D
    Machine.
Answer
Correct option: B.
Vatcorrect.
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MCQ 471 Mark
According to the terms of the Permanent Settlement, who were recognized as zamindars?
  • A
    Village heads.
  • B
    Farmers and Peasants.
  • ✓
    Rajas and Taluqdars.
  • D
    British officers.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Rajas and Taluqdars.
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MCQ 481 Mark
The Europeans want to ban import of indigo. Which was the plant that they thought had a competition with indigo?
  • ✓
    Woad.
  • B
    Larkspur.
  • C
    Weld.
  • D
    Madder.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Woad.
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MCQ 491 Mark
What are commercial crops?
  • A
    Crops cultivated for tax paying.
  • B
    Crops cultivated for own use.
  • ✓
    Crops cultivated for sale.
  • D
    None of these.
Answer
Correct option: C.
Crops cultivated for sale.
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MCQ 501 Mark
Under the Mahalwari system, each $...........$ were called Mahal.
  • ✓
    Village.
  • B
    Peasants.
  • C
    Houses.
  • D
    Towns.
Answer
Correct option: A.
Village.
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