MCQ Questions for Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling the Countryside with Answers

MCQ Questions for Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling the Countryside with Answers

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Ruling the Countryside Class 8 MCQs Questions with Answers

Choose the correct answer:

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

Answer

Answer: (c) the oppressive attitude of the planters

Question 2.
The Company was appointed as the Diwan of Bengal in
(a) 1762
(b) 1763
(c) 1764
(d) 1765

Answer

Answer: (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

Answer

Answer: (a) to see the plight of Indigo planters in Champaran

Question 4.
Who devised the new-system of revenue called Mahalwari?
(a) Queen Elizabeth
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Queen Victoria
(d) Gandhiji

Answer

Answer: (b) Holt Mackenzie

Question 5.
Growers of woad in Europe saw crop as competition to their earnings.
(a) tea
(b) rubber
(c) indigo
(d) coffee

Answer

Answer: (c) indigo

Question 6.
Indigo production came down in Bengal in
(a) 1850
(b) 1852
(c) 1855
(d) 1859

Answer

Answer: (d) 1859

Question 7.
Who had developed the Munro system?
(a) Capiain Alexander
(b) Holt Mackenzie
(c) Thomas Munro
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Thomas Munro

Question 8.
How much proportion of Indigo was imported from India by Britain in 1810?
(a) 75%
(b) 95%
(c) 90%
(d) 85%

Answer

Answer: (b) 95%

Question 9.
H.T. Colebrook describes the conditions of the under-tenant farmers in
(a) 1800
(b) 1805
(c) 1806
(d) 1810

Answer

Answer: (c) 1806

Question 10.
After harvest, the indigo plant was taken to the in the indigo factory.
(a) dye
(b) vat
(c) farm
(d) machine

Answer

Answer: (b) vat

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

Answer

Answer: (a) synthetic dyes

Match the following:

Column AColumn 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
Answer

Answer:

Column AColumn B
(i) Diwan(c) Chief finance administrator
(ii) Indigo(d) A plant producing blue colour
(iii) Vat(e) Storage vessel
(iv) Mahal(a) Villages
(v) Nij(b) Cultivation of planter’s own land
(vi) New Munro System(f) Fixing revenue

State whether true or false:

1. The demand for indigo increased in late seventeenth century.

Answer

Answer: False

2. Revenues were fixed in the permanent settlement.

Answer

Answer: True

3. The company purchased goods in India before 1865 through gold and silver imports.

Answer

Answer: True

4. Mahalwari system came into existence in 1700.

Answer

Answer: False

5. Very high rate of revenue was the major problem of ryotwari system.

Answer

Answer: True

6. Weekly markets were very flourishing during economic crisis of Bengal.

Answer

Answer: False

7. The company introduced the Permanent Settlement in 1793.

Answer

Answer: True

Fill in the blanks:

1. Gomasthas were the agents of …………………

Answer

Answer: planters

2. The Mughal emperor appointed the ………………… as the Diwan of Bengal.

Answer

Answer: East India Company

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

Answer

Answer: Clive

4. Ryotwari system was also known as …………………

Answer

Answer: Munro System

5. ………………… is cultivation on Ryot’s lands.

Answer

Answer: Ryoti

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

Answer

Answer: land


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