Class 8 Social Science
Ruling the Countryside
Q.1
Match the following:
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Ryot |
Village |
|
Mahal |
Peasant |
|
Nij |
Cultivation on ryot’s lands |
|
Ryoti |
Cultivation on planter’s own land |
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Q.2
Fill in the blanks:
(a) Growers of woad in Europe saw __________ as a crop which would provide competition to their earnings.
(b) The demand for indigo increased in late eighteenth-century Britain because of __________.
(c) The international demand for indigo was affected by the discovery of __________.
(d) The Champaran movement was against __________.
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Q.3
Describe the main features of the Permanent Settlement.
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Q.4
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
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Q.5
Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.
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Q.6
Why were ryots reluctant to grow indigo?
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Q.7
What were the circumstances which led to the eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?
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