Class 8 Social Science History MCQ Ruling the Countryside

Question :Who was Amani?

(a) Person appointed by the local people
(b) Person appointed by the Government
(c) Person appointed by the King
(d) None of these

Question :When was permanent settlement introduced in India?

(a) 1756
(b) 1796
(c) 1793
(d) 1732

Question : The Champaran movement was against

(a) peasants
(b) East India Company
(c) the oppressive attitude of the planters
(d) none of the above

Question : Gandhiji visited Champaran

(a)to see the plight of Indigo planters in Champarancorrect
(b)to see the progress of’Indigo plantation
(c)to see the managing system of company
(d)none of the above

Question : In which year was the Permanent Settlement System started?

(a) 1900
(b) 1885
(c) 1890
(d) 1793

Question :The lathi weilding strongmen maintained by planters are:

(a) Ryots
(b) Peasant
(c) Lathiyals
(d) Vat-Beater

Question :Who among the following introduced the Ryotwari Settlement system ?

(a) Thomas Munro
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Lord Cornwallis

Question : From among the regions mentioned below, which region introduced the Mahalwari Settlement System in 1822 ?

(a) Bombay
(b) Madras
(c) Bihar
(d) Uttar Pradesh

Question : Growers of woad in Europe saw crop as competition to their earnings.

(a) tea
(b) rubber
(c) indigo
(d) coffee

Question : Indigo production came down in Bengal in

(a)1850
(b)1852
(c)1855
(d)1859

Question : How much proportion of Indigo was imported from India by Britain in 1810?

(a) 75%
(b) 95%
(c) 90%
(d) 85%

Question : From the given possibilities, which year did the British introduce the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?

(a) 1793
(b) 1800
(c) 1815
(d) 1780

Question : 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

Question : 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\

Question : Mahalwari systems was devised by:

(a) Thomas Munro
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Charles Cornwallis
(d) Robert Clive

Question : 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

Question : 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.

Question : 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

Question : What is Bigha?

(a)Unit of temperature
(b)Unit of capacity
(c)Unit of measurement
(d)None of these

Question : After harvest, the indigo plant was taken to the in the indigo factory.

(a)dye
(b)vatcorrect
(c)farm
(d)machine

Question : What is the literal meaning of the Greek word indikon?

(a) Blue
(b) Dye
(c) From India
(d) From England

Question : 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 (satt(a)

Question : Where did the Ryotwari Settlement was introduced?

(a) Bombay Presidency
(b) South and West India
(c) Deccan
(d) Punjab

Question :Question- ______ was Governor General of India in 1793

(a) Warren Hastings
(b) Charles Cornwallis
(c) Louis Chole
(d) George Martin

Question :– Zamindars were responsible for collecting ____ from peasants.

(a) rent
(b) goods
(c) food
(d) money

Question :– _____ was Madras governor in 1819.

(a) Thomas Munro
(b) Franklin
(c) Jacob Smith
(d) Holt Mackenzie

Question : Who introduced the Permanent Settlement of Bengal?

(a)Lord Cornwallis
(b)Lord William
(c)Lord Louise
(d)None of these

Question : 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

Question :– Morris cotton print was invented by

(a) William Morris
(b) Robert Morris
(c) John Morris
(d) Morris Will

Question : 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

Question : Gomasthas were the agents of …………………

Question :The Mughal emperor appointed the ………………… as the Diwan of Bengal.

Question :The painter was commissioned by ………………… to record memorable events of his life.

Question :Ryotwari system was also known as …………………

Question :………………… is cultivation on Ryot’s lands.

Question :Bigha is the unit of ………………… measurement by the British in Bengal.

Question : Thomas Munro was the Governor of ____________________ from 1819-1829.

Question :Indigo ____________________ also came up in many parts of North America.

Question :In March ____________________ thousands of Ryots in Bengal refused of grow indigo.

Question :Vat – A fermenting or ____________________ vessel.

Question :The French began cultivating ____________________ in St. Domingue in the Caribbean islands.

Question :The Company introduced the Permanent Settlement in ____________________ .

Question :The Mughal emperor on 12th August 1765 appointed the East India Company as the ____________________ of Bengal.

Question :In ____________________ a terrible famine killed 10 million people in Bengal.