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This document contains a worksheet on British rule in India with multiple choice and matching questions. It covers topics like the Diwani of Bengal granted to the East India Company in 1765, the terrible Bengal famine of 1770 that killed around 10 million people, and the recognition of rajas and talukdars as zamindars in 1793. Other topics addressed include the Mahalwari settlement system, the weaving of Kalamkari prints in Andhra Pradesh, Governor Thomas Munro of Madras from 1819 to 1826, indigo production using plants like indigo for dyeing cloth, and the rise of indigo exports to Britain from 30% in 1788 to 95% by 1810

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This document contains a worksheet on British rule in India with multiple choice and matching questions. It covers topics like the Diwani of Bengal granted to the East India Company in 1765, the terrible Bengal famine of 1770 that killed around 10 million people, and the recognition of rajas and talukdars as zamindars in 1793. Other topics addressed include the Mahalwari settlement system, the weaving of Kalamkari prints in Andhra Pradesh, Governor Thomas Munro of Madras from 1819 to 1826, indigo production using plants like indigo for dyeing cloth, and the rise of indigo exports to Britain from 30% in 1788 to 95% by 1810

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INDIAN SCHOOL DARSAIT

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE


Subject:History Topic:Ruling The Countryside Date of Worksheet: 20/05/2019
Resource Person: Pooja Singh Worksheet No. 2
Name of the Student: Class: VIII _____ Roll No: _____

I.Multiple Choice Questions- Tick the correct answer.


1: Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa from the Mughal ruler in 1765?
(a) Robert Hook (b) Robert Clive (c) James Cook (d) Warren Hasting
2: In which of the following state about ten million people killed in terrible femine of 1770?
(a) Bengal (b) Punjab (c) Bihar (d) Orissa
3: In 1793 the rajas and talukdars were recognized as which of the following?
(a) Manager (b) Panch (c) Zamindars (d) Pandit
4: What do you mean by ‘Mahal’ in British Revenue Records?
(a) Farmer and fields (b) A village or a group of villagers (c) Seeds and crops
5: What is the name of system in which charge of collecting revenue and paying it to the
company was given to Zamindars?
(a) Mahalwari settlement (b) Ryotwari (c) Munro (d) none of these
6: In which state the weavers created Kalamkari Print in cotton cloths?
(a) Orissa (b) Madhay Pradesh (c) Bihar (d) Andhra pradesh
7: Who was the Willam Morris?
(a) A famous scientist (b) A terrorist (c) A famous poet and artist (d) A tourist
8: Who was the Governor of Madras in 1819 to 1826?
(a) Thomas Disilva (b) Thomas Munro (c) Thomas Addition (d) ArbindDisilva
9: In nineteenth century which of the following plants were used in India to produce colour to
dye cloths?
(a) Chinna rose (b) Sahtoot (c) Neem (d) Indigo
10: In 1788 only about 30% of the indigo was exported to Britain from India which rose to
which percent by 1810?
a) 70% b) 80% c) 95% d) 85%

ISD/SOCIAL SCIENCE WORKSHEET/VIII/2019-20


INDIAN SCHOOL DARSAIT
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
11. The Mahalwari system was devised by
a) Charles Cornwallis b) Robert Clive c) Holt Mackenzie d) James Mill
12. The ryots were
a) cultivators b) zamindars c) traders d) money lenders
13. The Indigo Commission was set up to enquire into the system of indigo production.
Whomdid the commission hold guilty?
a) The ryots b) The government c) The Planters d) both (a) and (b)
14. After the indigo production collapsed in Bengal, the planters shifted their operation to
a) Gujarat b) Bihar c) Odisha d) Rajasthan
15. One-third of the population was wiped out of Bengal because
a) civil war broke out b) an epidemic broke out c) a terrible famine occurred
Match the following.
Column A Column B
a) Vats i) Champaran Movement
b) Gandhiji ii) Indigo Platation
c) Mahal iii) Land Measurment
d) Bigha iv) Village / Group of villages
e) 1770 v) Diwani Rights
f) 1765 vi) Famine in Begal
Define the Following Terms-

1. Famine -

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2. Indigo -

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