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Bihar Board Class 12 (Arts) Colonialism and the Countryside — practice questions — page 2

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The Damin-i-Koh grant required clearing at least what share of the area?Read the answer and worked solution →How many Santhal villages had come up in Damin-i-Koh by 1851?Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1838 and 1851 the Santhal population in Damin-i-Koh grew to over what?Read the answer and worked solution →What did the Santhals call the moneylenders who took their land?Read the answer and worked solution →How much area was carved out to create the Santhal Pargana?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the leader of the Santhal rebellion shown in the illustrated record?Read the answer and worked solution →In which service did Francis Buchanan work from 1794 to 1815?Read the answer and worked solution →By what double name is Francis Buchanan often called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which commercial resources did Buchanan record on his surveys?Read the answer and worked solution →The painter William Hodges accompanied which explorer on a Pacific voyage?Read the answer and worked solution →What did Deccan ryots demand from moneylenders at Supa before burning them?Read the answer and worked solution →What was a sahukar in the Deccan?Read the answer and worked solution →Which earlier event did British officials fear when the Deccan revolt spread?Read the answer and worked solution →Whose economic ideas shaped the early revenue settlement in Maharashtra?Read the answer and worked solution →According to Ricardo's idea, a landowner should claim only what?Read the answer and worked solution →What is a rentier?Read the answer and worked solution →In the ryotwari system, with whom was the revenue directly settled?Read the answer and worked solution →How often were lands resurveyed under the ryotwari settlement?Read the answer and worked solution →In which decade was the first revenue settlement made in the Bombay Deccan?Read the answer and worked solution →After which year did farm prices fall sharply in the Deccan for over a decade?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The Damin-i-Koh grant required clearing at least what share of the area?

  1. One-half
  2. One-twentieth
  3. One-fifth
  4. One-tenth
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Correct answer: D. One-tenth

Santhals had to clear and cultivate at least one-tenth of the area within the first ten years.

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How many Santhal villages had come up in Damin-i-Koh by 1851?

  1. 8,200
  2. 1,473
  3. 3,000
  4. 147
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Correct answer: B. 1,473

Santhal villages grew from 40 in 1838 to 1,473 by 1851 as cultivation expanded.

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Between 1838 and 1851 the Santhal population in Damin-i-Koh grew to over what?

  1. 30,000
  2. 3,00,000
  3. 8,200
  4. 82,000
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Correct answer: D. 82,000

The Santhal population rose from about 3,000 to over 82,000 in that period.

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