Ruling the Countryside - Rajasthan Board (RBSE) STD 8 Social Science Questions - Vidyadip

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MCQ (1 Mark)

True Or False.[1 Marks Each]

Fill In The Blanks [1 Mark]

Question(1 Marks)

VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

Answer The Following Questions In Short.[3 Marks Each]

Answer The Following Questions In Brief.[5 Marks Each]

Sample Questions

Ruling the Countryside questions

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Q 1MCQ (1 Mark)1 Mark

Over _______ of Bengal population was wiped out due to the famine of 1770.

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Q 2MCQ (1 Mark)1 Mark

What is Bigha?

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Q 3MCQ (1 Mark)1 Mark

From the given dates, on which date did the Mughal emperor appoint the East India Company as the Diwan of Bengal.

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Q 4MCQ (1 Mark)1 Mark

The company introduced _____ in 1793.

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Q 5MCQ (1 Mark)1 Mark

Artisans started deserting Bengal villages because:

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Q 6True Or False.[1 Marks Each]1 Mark

True Or False.
Mahatma Gandhiji started the Champaran movement against the indigo planters.

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Q 7True Or False.[1 Marks Each]1 Mark

True Or False.
Mahalwari Settlement was introduced in Bengal presidency.

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Q 8True Or False.[1 Marks Each]1 Mark

True Or False.
Being a plant of the temperate zones, woad was more easily available in India.

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Q 9True Or False.[1 Marks Each]1 Mark

True Or False.
India was the biggest supplier of indigo in the world in nineteenth-century.

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Q 10True Or False.[1 Marks Each]1 Mark

True Or False.
After the revolt, indigo production collapsed in Bengal and the planters shifted their operation to Bihar.

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Q 11Fill In The Blanks [1 Mark]1 Mark

The Champaran movement was against ________.

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Q 12Fill In The Blanks [1 Mark]1 Mark

The international demand for indigo was affected by the discovery of ________.

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Q 13Fill In The Blanks [1 Mark]1 Mark

The demand for indigo increased in late eighteenth- century Britain because of _________.

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Q 14Fill In The Blanks [1 Mark]1 Mark

Growers of woad in Europe saw ________ as a crop which would provide competition to their earnings.

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Q 15Fill In The Blanks [1 Mark]1 Mark

Fill in the blank.
In _______ France abolished slavery in the French colonies.

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Q 16Question(1 Marks)1 Mark

Where did the Portuguese begin cultivating indigo?

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Q 17Question(1 Marks)1 Mark

What role did women play in the cultivation of indigo?

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Q 18Question(1 Marks)1 Mark

Where did the French begin cultivating indigo?

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Q 19Question(1 Marks)1 Mark

Describe how company became the Diwan.

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Q 20Question(1 Marks)1 Mark

Which tragedy occurred during 1770 in Bengal?

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Q 21VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS2 Marks

Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.

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Q 22VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS2 Marks

Why did the need to improve the agriculture in Bengal arise?

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Q 23VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS2 Marks

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

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Q 24VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS2 Marks

How did indigo trade attract foreign traders?

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Q 25VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS2 Marks

Describe nij cultivation.

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Q 26Answer The Following Questions In Short.[3 Marks Each]3 Marks

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

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Q 27Answer The Following Questions In Short.[3 Marks Each]3 Marks

Why were ryots reluctant to grow indigo?

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Q 28Answer The Following Questions In Short.[3 Marks Each]3 Marks

How was the Mahalwari System different from the Permanent Settlement?

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Q 29Answer The Following Questions In Short.[3 Marks Each]3 Marks

Match the following:

ryot	village
mahal	peasant
nij	cultivation on ryot's lands
ryoti	cultivation on planter's own land

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Q 30Answer The Following Questions In Short.[3 Marks Each]3 Marks

What changes came in the company as it got the right of Diwan?

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Q 31Answer The Following Questions In Brief.[5 Marks Each]5 Marks

Find out more about the Champaran movement and Mahatma Gandhi’s role in it.

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Q 32Answer The Following Questions In Brief.[5 Marks Each]5 Marks

What were the circumstances which led to the eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?

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Q 33Answer The Following Questions In Brief.[5 Marks Each]5 Marks

Describe the main features of the Permanent Settlement.

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Q 34Answer The Following Questions In Brief.[5 Marks Each]5 Marks

Describe the main features of the Permanent Settlement.OR
What were the terms of the Permanent Settlement?

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Q 35Answer The Following Questions In Brief.[5 Marks Each]5 Marks

Why did the indigo cultivators decide to rebel? How did they show their anger?OR
Why did the indigo cultivators decide to rebel?OR
Why did the indigo peasants decide they would no longer remain silent?

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