19. Ruling The Countryside (History Quiz)

19. Ruling The Countryside (History Quiz) Questions

• 11

  Whom did the Indigo commission hold guity?
  A. Ryots
  B. Planters
  C. Government
  D. Zamindars

  Answer - B

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• 12

  What was Mahal?
  A. Village headman
  B. Type of crops
  C. Village or group of villages
  D. Farmers

  Answer - C

  Solution

  Points to Know-
  MAHAL- In British revenue records mahal is a revenue estate which may be a village or a group of villages

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• 13

  Who was William Morris?
  A. Governor general
  B. Artist
  C. Scientist
  D. Traveller

  Answer - B

  Solution

  Points to Know-
  William Morris, a famous poet and artist of nineteenth-century Britain

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• 14

  Gomsathas were the agents of-
  A. Indigo planters
  B. Indigo cultivators
  C. Village headmen
  D. Governor general

  Answer - A

  Solution

  Points to Know
  gomasthas – agents of planters

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• 15

  What is false regarding Blue rebellion?
  A. Ryots did not had support of Zamindars
  B. Ryots rebelled to grow indigo
  C. Those who worked for planters were socially boycotted
  D. All of the above are true

  Answer - A

  Solution

  Points to Know-
  • In 1859: Ryots rebelled to grow indigo, they didn’t pay rent to planters and attacked indigo factories
  • Those who worked for planters were socially boycotted, and gomasthas (agents of planters) who came to collect rent were beaten up
  • Ryots had support of local zamindars and village headman

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• 16

  Who thought that the British should act as parental father figure protecting ryots under the charge?
  A. Robert Clive
  B. Alexander Read
  C. Munro
  D. Cornwallis

  Answer - C

  Solution

  Points to Know-
  Munro thought that the British should act as paternal father figures protecting the ryots under their charge.

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• 17

  Which of the following is false regarding Indigo Commission judgement?
  A. Commission held planters guilty
  B. Declared that indigo production was not profitable for ryots
  C. Ryots were asked to discontinue the existing contract
  D. None of the above

  Answer - C

  Solution

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  Indigo Commission-
  • Commission held planters guilty
  • Declared that indigo production was not profitable for ryots
  • They were asked to continue the existing contract but can refuse for future

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• 18

  What was satta and in which system it was used?
  A. Contract agreement, in nij cultivation
  B. Contract agreement, in ryoti cultivation
  C. Loan amount, in nij cultivation
  D. Loan amount in ryoti cultivation

  Answer - B

  Solution

  Points to Know-
  In ryoti indigo cultivation method
  • Planters forced the ryots to sign a contract agreement (satta)
  • Sometimes village headman was forced to sign the contract

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• 19

  The East India company used the Diwani revenue of Bengal in-
  A. Constructing railways
  B. Purchasing cotton and silk cloth
  C. Building churches
  D. None of the above

  Answer - B

  Solution

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  The effort was to increase the revenue from Diwani as much as it could and buy fine cotton and silk cloth as cheaply as possible

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• 20

  Who issued a notice stating that ryots would not be compelled to accept indigo contracts?
  A. William Morris
  B. Munro
  C. Ashley Eden
  D. Lord Lytton

  Answer - C

  Solution

  Points to Know-
  • Magistrate Ashley Eden issued a notice stating that ryots would not be compelled to accept indigo contracts, word went around that Queen Victoria had declared that indigo need not be sown.

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