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
Question 2.
The Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in
(a) 1762
(b) 1763
(c) 1764
(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
Question 4.
Who devised the new-system of revenue called Mahalwari?
(a) Queen Elizabeth
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Queen Victoria
(d) Gandhiji
Question 5.
Growers of woad in Europe saw crop as competition to their earnings.
(a) tea
(b) rubber
(c) indigo
(d) coffee
Question 6.
Indigo production came down in Bengal in
(a) 1850
(b) 1852
(c) 1855
(d) 1859
Question 7.
Who had developed the Munro system?
(a) Capiain Alexander
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Thomas Munro
(d) None of these
Question 8.
How much proportion of Indigo was imported from India by Britain in 1810?
(a) 75%
(b) 95%
(c) 90%
(d) 85%
Question 9.
H.T. Colebrook describes the conditions of the under-tenant farmers in
(a) 1800
(b) 1805
(c) 1806
(d) 1810
Question 10.
After harvest, the indigo plant was taken to the in the indigo factory.
(a) dye
(b) vat
(c) farm
(d) machine
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
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
State whether true or false:
1. The demand for indigo increased in late seventeenth century.
2. Revenues were fixed in the permanent settlement.
3. The company purchased goods in India before 1865 through gold and silver imports.
4. Mahalwari system came into existence in 1700.
5. Very high rate of revenue was the major problem of ryotwari system.
6. Weekly markets were very flourishing during economic crisis of Bengal.
7. The company introduced the Permanent Settlement in 1793.
Fill in the blanks:
1. Gomasthas were the agents of …………………
2. The Mughal emperor appointed the ………………… as the Diwan of Bengal.
3. The painter was commissioned by ………………… to record memorable events of his life.
4. Ryotwari system was also known as …………………
5. ………………… is cultivation on Ryot’s lands.
6. Bigha is the unit of ………………… measurement by the British in Bengal.
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