In which of the following states about ten million people were killed in the terrible femine of 1770?

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(a)

Bengal

(b)

Punjab

(c)

Bihar

(d)

Odisha

Who was the Governor of Madras in 1819 to 1826?

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(a)

Thomas Munro

(b)

William Bentinck

(c)

Thomas Disilva

(d)

Warren Hastings

In 1788, only about 30 per cent of the indigo was exported to Britain from India which rose to which per cent by 1810?

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(a)

70 per cent

(b)

80 per cent

(c)

95 per cent

(d)

85 per cent

The Permanent Settlement was introduced at the time of

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(a)

Charles Cornwallis

(b)

Thomas Munro

(c)

Lord Dalhousie

(d)

Warren Hastings

Cinchona trees provide raw material for making:

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(a)

Quinine

(b)

Mats and ropes

(c)

Rubber

(d)

Beverages.

The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was introduced by Lord Cornwallis in:

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(a)

1763

(b)

1773

(c)

1783

(d)

1793

The British smuggled and sold:

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(a)

Indigo to China

(b)

Cotton to China

(c)

Opium to China

(d)

Coffee to China

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

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(a)

indigo

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

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(a)

synthetic dyes

The Champaran movement was against .................

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(a)

indigo planters

______ felt that the village was an important social institution in north Indian society.

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(a)

Holt Mackenzie

By the late eighteenth century, the company was trying its best to expand the cultivation of _____ and ______

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(a)

Opium, Indigo

India was the biggest supplier of ____ in the world.

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(a)

Indigo

The French began cultivating Indigo in _____

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(a)

St. Domingue

The two main systems of Indigo cultivation were _____ and ______.

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(a)

Nij, Ryoti

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

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(a) True

(b) False

Industrialization was not the cause of growing demand of indigo in the end of the eighteenth century

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(a) True

(b) False

Gomasthas were the agents appointed by planters.

1

(a) False

(b) True

Mahatma Gandhi visited Champaran in 1917.

1

(a) False

(b) True

The French began cultivating indigo in Brazil and Jamaica.

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(a) True

(b) False

When did the Mahalwari system come into existence?

3

(a)

In 1822, the Mahalwari system came into existence.

How did Company purchase goods in India before 1865?

3

(a)

Before 1865, the East India Company had purchased goods in India by importing gold and silver from Britain.

When was permanent settlement introduced in India?

3

(a)

It was introduced in 1793.

Who was Amani?

3

(a)

The person appointed by the Government in the south to collect land revenue was called Amani.

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

3

(a)

Why was there great demand for Indian indigo in foreign market?

5

(a)

(i) Who designed and produced the floral cotton design in the pictures of Fig A and Fig B?
(ii) How was the blue in these prints produced?
(iii) What do you know about Kalamkari art?

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(a)