The East India Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in

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(a)

1760

(b)

1762

(c)

1764

(d)

1765

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 William Morris?

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(a)

A famous actor

(b)

A famous cricketer

(c)

A famous poet and artist

(d)

A famous scientist

Between 1783 and 1789, the production of indigo in the world

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(a)

fell by half

(b)

became larger

(c)

was not encourage

(d)

became a profitable business

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

As the price of indigo was very high, the Europeans depended on another plant called:

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(a)

Woad

(b)

Sal

(c)

Palash

(d)

Juniper

The Kuki belongs to the present state of:

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(a)

Manipur

(b)

Mizoram

(c)

Nagaland

(d)

Arunachal Pradesh

Ryotwari Settlement was introduced in:

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(a)

Bombay Presidency

(b)

South and West India

(c)

Deccan

(d)

Punjab

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

Nil Darpan is a famous Bengali play written by ______________

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(a)

Dinabandhu Mitra

Ryotwari system was also known as _____________

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(a)

Munro system

'Rural Life in Bengal, 1860' is written by ____________

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(a)

Grant Colesworthy

Indigo was cultivated by the ______________ in Brazil, the ___________ in Jamaica and the ____________ in Venezuela.

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(a)

Portuguese, English, Spanish

Between _________________ and ___________ the production of indigo in the world fell by half.

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(a)

1783, 1789

______ developed ryotwari system which gradually extended all over South India.

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(a)

Thomas Munro

On 12th August, 1765, the Mughal emperor appointed the _____ as the Diwan of Bengal.

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(a)

In 1770 a terrible _____ killed ten million people in _______

The ______  settlement, created problems.

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(a)

Permanent

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

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(a)

Holt Mackenzie

In 1770 a terrible _____ killed ten million people in _____

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(a)

Famine, Bengal

Mahalwari system came into effect in 1825.

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(a) False

(b) True

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

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(a) True

(b) False

Permanent Settlement recognised the rajas and taluqdars as zamindars.

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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.

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(a) False

(b) True