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CBA Based Questions(Objective)Answerkey
Chapter 3 – Ruling the Countryside
Q1Identify the most appropriate reason for the cultivators’ reluctance to grow indigo under
the Ryoti system from the option given below:
(a) The planters forced the cultivators to sign a contract, an agreement.
(b) The cultivators who signed the contract got the advances from the planters at low rates of
interest to produce indigo.
(c) The planters insisted the cultivators to grow the indigo on the best soils which they
preferred for rice cultivation.
(d) The cultivators were committed to cultivate indigo on at least 25 percent of area under his
holdings.
Q2 A few statements with respect to the Bengal economy after the Company had become the
Diwan are given. Pick out the one that is not applicable to the Bengal economy.
A.The Bengal economy thrived and progressed.
B.Artisanal production and agricultural cultivation showed signs of collapse
C.The artisans started deserting villages as they were forced to sell their goods to the
Company at low prices
D.Peasants were unable to pay the dues that were being demanded from them
Q3 Why many Scotsmen and Englishmen came to India and became planters ?
A.Many rich landlords lost their interest in cultivation, so the Scotsmen and Englishmen
became planters to invoke interest among the landlords
B.The British relaxed rules for the private ownership of land to the Scotsmen and
Englishmen, so they thought they could reap huge profits by cultivating crops.
C.Attracted by the prospect of high profits of indigo,they invested money in indigo
cultivation and became planters.
D.Many Indian farmers auctioned their land because they could not pay the revenue , so the
Scottish and Englishmen thought they could become planters and cultivate any crop.
Tick the correct option:
Q.4 The Portuguese began cultivating indigo in _________________________________
a. Jamaica
b. Venezuela
c. Caribbean Islands
d. Brazil
Q.5 The Commission held the planters guilty, and criticised them for the coercive
methods they used with indigo cultivators. In this statement what is the meaning of
'coercive'?
a. Diplomatic
b. Forceful
c. Polite
d. None of the above
6. 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
7. Assertion(A): The Permanent Settlement system was advantageous to the British
Reason(R): The revenue amount was not a fixed one and the zamindars did not benefit from
increased production from the land.
(a) Assertion(A) is correct , Reason(R) is also correct and (R) correctly explains (A)
(b) Assertion(A) is correct , Reason(R) is also correct but (R) does not correctly explain (A)
(c) Assertion(A) is correct , Reason(R) is incorrect
(d) Assertion(A) is incorrect , Reason(R) is correct
8. Why did the countryside peasants and zamindars resent the British ?
(a) They resented the British colonization .
(b) They resented the Succession policy of the British
(c) They resented the racial discrimination policy of the British by denying high rank jobs to
Indians
(d) They resented high taxes and the rigid methods of revenue collection and many lost the
lands to the money lenders
9. Which of the following indigo cultivation systems was characterised by an endless cycle of
loans?
1. The Nij system
2. The Mahalwari system
3. Ryotwari
4. Ryoti
10. As diwan in Bengal, which of the following did the East India company try to secure?
Welfare of the people living in Bengal
Providing better agricultural facilities to the farmers of Bengal
Growing crops they could sell in Europe
