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1.
The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was introduced by Lord Cornwallis in:
1763
1773
1783
1793
2.
Cinchona trees provide raw material for making:
Quinine
Mats and ropes
Rubber
Beverages.
3.
Ryotwari Settlement was introduced in:
Bombay Presidency
South and West India
Deccan
Punjab
4.
The Kuki belongs to the present state of:
Manipur
Mizoram
Nagaland
Arunachal Pradesh
5.
As the price of indigo was very high, the Europeans depended on another plant called:
Woad
Sal
Palash
Juniper
6.
Who was the Governor of Madras in 1819 to 1826?
Thomas Munro
William Bentinck
Thomas Disilva
Warren Hastings
7.
Between 1783 and 1789, the production of indigo in the world
fell by half
became larger
was not encourage
became a profitable business
8.
Who was William Morris?
A famous actor
A famous cricketer
A famous poet and artist
A famous scientist
9.
In which of the following states about ten million people were killed in the terrible femine of 1770?
Bengal
Punjab
Bihar
Odisha
10.
The East India Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in
1760
1762
1764
1765
11.
In 1770 a terrible _____ killed ten million people in _____
12.
______ felt that the village was an important social institution in north Indian society.
13.
The ______ settlement, created problems.
14.
On 12th August, 1765, the Mughal emperor appointed the _____ as the Diwan of Bengal.
15.
______ developed ryotwari system which gradually extended all over South India.
16.
Between _________________ and ___________ the production of indigo in the world fell by half.
17.
Indigo was cultivated by the ______________ in Brazil, the ___________ in Jamaica and the ____________ in Venezuela.
18.
'Rural Life in Bengal, 1860' is written by ____________
19.
Ryotwari system was also known as _____________
20.
Nil Darpan is a famous Bengali play written by ______________
21.
Gomasthas were the agents appointed by planters.
22.
Industrialization was not the cause of growing demand of indigo in the end of the eighteenth century
23.
Permanent Settlement recognised the rajas and taluqdars as zamindars.
24.
By the first decade of the 19th century, cultivation system developed and the prices in market rose.
25.
Mahalwari system came into effect in 1825.
26.
Bigha
27.
Gandhiji
28.
Vats
29.
1770
30.
1793
1.
(d)
1793
2.
(a)
Quinine
3.
(b)
South and West India
4.
(a)
Manipur
5.
(a)
Woad
6.
(a)
Thomas Munro
7.
(a)
fell by half
8.
(c)
A famous poet and artist
9.
(a)
Bengal
10.
(d)
1765
11.
( )
Famine, Bengal
12.
( )
Holt Mackenzie
13.
( )
Permanent
14.
Famine, Bengal
15.
( )
Thomas Munro
16.
( )
1783, 1789
17.
( )
Portuguese, English, Spanish
18.
( )
Grant Colesworthy
19.
( )
Munro system
20.
( )
Dinabandhu Mitra
21.
(a)
22.
(b)
23.
(b)
24.
(b)
25.
(a)
26.
( )
Land Measurement
27.
( )
Champaran Movement
28.
( )
Indigo Plantation
29.
( )
A terrible famine in Bengal
30.
( )
Permanent Settlement
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