Multiple Choice Questions
1. The Champaran movement was against
(a) peasants
(b) East India Company
(c) the oppressive attitude of the planters
(d) none of the above
The correct option is : (c) the oppressive attitude of the planters
2. 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
The correct option is : (a) to see the plight of Indigo planters in Champaran
3. In which year was the Permanent Settlement System started?
(a) 1900
(b) 1885
(c) 1890
(d) 1793
The correct option is : (d) 1793
4. The lathi weilding strongmen maintained by planters are:
(a) Ryots
(b) Peasant
(c) Lathiyals
(d) Vat-Beater
The correct option is : (c) Lathiyals
5. Who among the following introduced the Ryotwari Settlement system ?
(a) Thomas Munro
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Cornwallis
The correct option is : (a) Thomas Munro
6. From among the regions mentioned below, which region introduced the Mahalwari Settlement System in 1822 ?
(a) Bombay
(b) Madras
(c) Bihar
(d) Uttar Pradesh
The correct option is : (d) Uttar Pradesh
7. Growers of woad in Europe saw crop as competition to their earnings.
(a) tea
(b) rubber
(c) indigo
(d) coffee
The correct option is : (c) indigo
8. Indigo production came down in Bengal in
(a) 1850
(b) 1852
(c) 1855
(d) 1859
The correct option is : (d) 1859
9. How much proportion of Indigo was imported from India by Britain in 1810?
(a) 75%
(b) 95%
(c) 90%
(d) 85%
The correct option is : (b) 95%
10. From the given possibilities, which year did the British introduce the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?
(a) 1793
(b) 1800
(c) 1815
(d) 1780
The correct option is : (a) 1793
11. The Company tried many experiments to increase the land revenue. Name the Settlement system introduced in the Madras and Bombay presidencies ?
(a) Permanent Settlement System
(b) British Settlement System
(c) Ryotwari Settlement System
(d) Mahalwari Settlement System
The correct option is : (c) Ryotwari Settlement System
12. Why was there a popular demand for Indian indigo in Italy, France and Britain?
(a) India was the biggest producer of indigo and no other country produced indigo
(b) There was a ban on indigo import in other countries
(c) Indigo imports were tax free
(d) Indigo was used to dye cloth and there was a huge demand
The correct option is : (d) Indigo was used to dye cloth and there was a huge demand
13. Mahalwari systems was devised by:
(a) Thomas Munro
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Charles Cornwallis
(d) Robert Clive
The correct option is : (b) Holt Mackenzie
14. What do you mean by the term Mortgage?
(a) Agreement between moneylenders and nawab
(b) Agreement between king and peasants
(c) Agreement between moneylenders and peasants
(d) None of these
The correct option is : (c) Agreement between moneylenders and peasants
15. What happened in 1770 in Bengal so that one-third of the population was wiped out?
(a) The British shipped a lot of locals to Britain and the met with an accident.
(b) Robert Clive had to wage a battle with the locals and killed many .
(c) The British and the French had a war in Bengal and many were killed .
(d) Due to a terrible famine, ten million people in Bengal were wiped out.
The correct option is : (d) Due to a terrible famine, ten million people in Bengal were wiped out.
16. What do you mean by nij and ryoti?
(a) The two main trading centres of indigo
(b) The two main areas where indigo was cultivated in India
(c) The two important systems of indigo cultivation
(d) The two main sets of zamindars
The correct option is : (c) The two important systems of indigo cultivation
17. What is Bigha?
(a) Unit of temperature
(b) Unit of capacity
(c) Unit of measurement
(d) None of these
The correct option is : (c) Unit of measurement
18. After harvest, the indigo plant was taken to the in the indigo factory.
(a) dye
(b) vat
(c) farm
(d) machine
The correct option is : (b) vatcorrect
19. What is the literal meaning of the Greek word indikon?
(a) Blue
(b) Dye
(c) From India
(d) From England
The correct option is : (c) From India
20. Given below are some points with regard to the nij cultivation of indigo. Select the one that is not related to the nij cultivation
(a) The planters produced indigo in the lands that he directly controlled.
(b) Planters cultivated in lands either bought by them or rented it from other zamindars and produced indigo by directly employing hired labourers
(c) Planters needed large areas in compact blocks to cultivate indigo
(d) The planters were forced to sign a contract , an agreement (satta)
The correct option is : (d) The planters were forced to sign a contract , an agreement (satta)
21. Where did the Ryotwari Settlement was introduced?
(a) Bombay Presidency
(b) South and West India
(c) Deccan
(d) Punjab
The correct option is : (b) South and West India
22. ______ was Governor General of India in 1793
(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Charles Cornwallis
(c) Louis Chole
(d) George Martin
The correct option is : (b) Charles Cornwallis
23. Zamindars were responsible for collecting ____ from peasants.
(a) rent
(b) goods
(c) food
(d) money
The correct option is : (a) rent
24. _____ was Madras governor in 1819.
(a) Thomas Munro
(b) Franklin
(c) Jacob Smith
(d) Holt Mackenzie
The correct option is : (a) Thomas Munro
25. Who introduced the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?
(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord William
(c) Lord Louise
(d) None of these
The correct option is : (a) Lord Cornwallis
26. What are commercial crops?
(a) Crops cultivated for tax paying
(b) Crops cultivated for own use
(c) Crops cultivated for sale
(d) None of these
The correct option is : (c) Crops cultivated for sale
27. Morris cotton print was invented by
(a) William Morris
(b) Robert Morris
(c) John Morris
(d) Morris Will
The correct option is : (a) William Morris
28. What do you mean by the term ‘Plantation’?
(a) Rearing of animals
(b) A large farm operated by a planter
(c) A Large Kingdom
(d) None of these
The correct option is : (b) A large farm operated by a planter