Choose the correct answer:
Question 1.
The Champaran movement was against
(a) peasants
(b) East India Company
(c) the oppressive attitude of the planters
(d) none of the above
Answer
Answer: (c) the oppressive attitude of the planters
Question 2.
The Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in
(a) 1762
(b) 1763
(c) 1764
(d) 1765
Answer
Answer: (d) 1765
Question 3.
Gandhiji visited Champaran
(a) 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
Answer: (a) to see the plight of Indigo planters in Champaran
Question 4.
Who devised the new-system of revenue called Mahalwari?
(a) Queen Elizabeth
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Queen Victoria
(d) Gandhiji
Answer
Answer: (b) Holt Mackenzie
Question 5.
Growers of woad in Europe saw crop as competition to their earnings.
(a) tea
(b) rubber
(c) indigo
(d) coffee
Answer
Answer: (c) indigo
Question 6.
Indigo production came down in Bengal in
(a) 1850
(b) 1852
(c) 1855
(d) 1859
Answer
Answer: (d) 1859
Question 7.
Who had developed the Munro system?
(a) Capiain Alexander
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Thomas Munro
(d) None of these
Answer
Answer: (c) Thomas Munro
Question 8.
How much proportion of Indigo was imported from India by Britain in 1810?
(a) 75%
(b) 95%
(c) 90%
(d) 85%
Answer
Answer: (b) 95%
Question 9.
H.T. Colebrook describes the conditions of the under-tenant farmers in
(a) 1800
(b) 1805
(c) 1806
(d) 1810
Answer
Answer: (c) 1806
Question 10.
After harvest, the indigo plant was taken to the in the indigo factory.
(a) dye
(b) vat
(c) farm
(d) machine
Answer
Answer: (b) vat
Question 11.
The international demand of indigo was affected by the discovery of
(a) synthetic dyes
(b) woad
(c) blue colour
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (a) synthetic dyes
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Diwan | (a) Villages |
| (ii) Indigo | (b) Cultivation of planter’s own land |
| (iii) Vat | (c) Chief finance administrator |
| (iv) Mahal | (d) A plant producing blue colour |
| (v) Nij | (e) Storage vessel |
| (vi) New Munro System | (f) Fixing revenue |
Answer
Answer:
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Diwan | (c) Chief finance administrator |
| (ii) Indigo | (d) A plant producing blue colour |
| (iii) Vat | (e) Storage vessel |
| (iv) Mahal | (a) Villages |
| (v) Nij | (b) Cultivation of planter’s own land |
| (vi) New Munro System | (f) Fixing revenue |
State whether true or false:
1. The demand for indigo increased in late seventeenth century.
Answer
Answer: False
2. Revenues were fixed in the permanent settlement.
Answer
Answer: True
3. The company purchased goods in India before 1865 through gold and silver imports.
Answer
Answer: True
4. Mahalwari system came into existence in 1700.
Answer
Answer: False
5. Very high rate of revenue was the major problem of ryotwari system.
Answer
Answer: True
6. Weekly markets were very flourishing during economic crisis of Bengal.
Answer
Answer: False
7. The company introduced the Permanent Settlement in 1793.
Answer
Answer: True
Fill in the blanks:
1. Gomasthas were the agents of …………………
Answer
Answer: planters
2. The Mughal emperor appointed the ………………… as the Diwan of Bengal.
Answer
Answer: East India Company
3. The painter was commissioned by ………………… to record memorable events of his life.
Answer
Answer: Clive
4. Ryotwari system was also known as …………………
Answer
Answer: Munro System
5. ………………… is cultivation on Ryot’s lands.
Answer
Answer: Ryoti
6. Bigha is the unit of ………………… measurement by the British in Bengal.
Answer
Answer: land