CBSE Class 12 (Arts) Colonialism and the Countryside — practice questions
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Practice CBSE Class 12 (Arts) Colonialism and the Countryside in the app →In which year did the Permanent Settlement come into operation in Bengal?Which Governor-General's administration concluded the Permanent Settlement of 1793?What share of the 1797 Burdwan auction sales was found to be fictitious?In the 1797 Burdwan auction, who were many of the successful buyers?After the Permanent Settlement, what proportion of zamindaris changed hands?In terms of the Permanent Settlement, a zamindar was legally treated as what?Under the Sunset Law, when could a zamindari be auctioned?Why were the initial revenue demands under the Permanent Settlement so high?In the 1790s, how did farm prices affect ryots' ability to pay dues?Whose supervision were the zamindars' cutcheries (courts) brought under?Francis Buchanan's survey of which district described the jotedars vividly?What share of the produce did sharecroppers hand to jotedars after harvest?In which part of Bengal were the jotedars most powerful?Why did the Raja of Burdwan first transfer part of his zamindari to his mother?In rural Bengal, who was a lathyal?The power of Bengal's zamindars finally collapsed during which event?In which year was the Fifth Report submitted to the British Parliament?The Fifth Report was produced by which kind of body?What do recent studies say about the Fifth Report's account of zamindars?What mode of farming did the Paharias of the Rajmahal hills practise?Which implement did the Paharias use to scratch the cleared ground?What enriched the burnt forest patches that Paharias cultivated?Which forest flower did the Paharias collect for food?What did zamindars on the plains often pay to Paharia hill chiefs?Augustus Cleveland, who proposed a policy of pacification, was Collector of where?Under Cleveland's pacification policy, what were Paharia chiefs offered?In which winter did Buchanan travel through the Rajmahal region?In the Rajmahal story, what symbolised the settlers' power against Paharia life?Around which decade did the Santhals begin coming into Bengal?By which year had a large area been demarcated as Damin-i-Koh?The Damin-i-Koh grant required clearing at least what share of the area?How many Santhal villages had come up in Damin-i-Koh by 1851?Between 1838 and 1851 the Santhal population in Damin-i-Koh grew to over what?What did the Santhals call the moneylenders who took their land?How much area was carved out to create the Santhal Pargana?Who was the leader of the Santhal rebellion shown in the illustrated record?In which service did Francis Buchanan work from 1794 to 1815?By what double name is Francis Buchanan often called?Which commercial resources did Buchanan record on his surveys?The painter William Hodges accompanied which explorer on a Pacific voyage?What did Deccan ryots demand from moneylenders at Supa before burning them?What was a sahukar in the Deccan?Which earlier event did British officials fear when the Deccan revolt spread?Whose economic ideas shaped the early revenue settlement in Maharashtra?According to Ricardo's idea, a landowner should claim only what?What is a rentier?In the ryotwari system, with whom was the revenue directly settled?How often were lands resurveyed under the ryotwari settlement?In which decade was the first revenue settlement made in the Bombay Deccan?After which year did farm prices fall sharply in the Deccan for over a decade?In which year was the Cotton Supply Association founded in Britain?Before the 1860s, which country supplied most of Britain's raw cotton imports?By 1862, American raw cotton imports into Britain had dropped to about how many bales?How much advance were Deccan ryots offered per acre planted with cotton?What happened to Deccan cotton acreage between 1860 and 1864?By 1862, what share of British cotton imports came from India?In the new Deccan settlement after the boom, by how much was the demand raised?What customary limit on interest broke down under colonial rule?A Deccan Riots Commission case found a moneylender charging how much interest on a Rs 100 loan?The 1859 Limitation Law made loan bonds valid for how long?How did moneylenders turn the Limitation Law to their advantage?After which battle did the Company receive the diwani of Bengal?Which devastating famine preceded the Company's rethinking of revenue oversight in Bengal?What was the 1790 settlement with Bengal zamindars called before it was made permanent?Who in 1829 praised the Permanent Settlement for creating loyal landed proprietors?Which nationalist launched a violent campaign against colonial rule in 1879 in Maharashtra?Besides burning bonds, what else did Deccan rioters do to moneylenders?