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Which region was covered by the Mahalwari system?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the 1833 Mahalwari scheme, the state demand was fixed at what share of the rental value?Read the answer and worked solution →The Saharanpur Rules of 1855 reduced the state demand under Mahalwari to what share?Read the answer and worked solution →Who was the Governor-General when the Mahalwari regulation of 1833 was passed?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the Persian word zamindar mean?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Mughal period, who was considered the supreme owner of the land?Read the answer and worked solution →Which three villages did the East India Company first hold as a zamindar?Read the answer and worked solution →Why was ryotwari common in the south?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did the Indigo revolt begin in Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indigo revolt first emerged in which district of Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Who led the first revolt against planters at Chougacha?Read the answer and worked solution →What were the high interest loans given by indigo planters to peasants called?Read the answer and worked solution →Which play by Dinabandhu Mitra depicted the plight of indigo farmers?Read the answer and worked solution →In which paper did Harish Chandra Mukherjee write about indigo farmers?Read the answer and worked solution →Against whom was the Indigo revolt mainly directed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body did the government appoint in 1860 in response to the Indigo revolt?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Frenchman is credited as the first indigo planter in Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which crop was at the centre of the Deccan Riots of 1875 and the American Civil War boom?Read the answer and worked solution →The Deccan Riots of 1875 mainly targeted which group?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the specific aim of the Deccan rioters?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1859 Limitation Law cut the validity of bonds to how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →Who started a violent campaign against British rule in 1879?Read the answer and worked solution →The Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was led by which leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Champaran farmers protested against being made to grow which crop?Read the answer and worked solution →Which local peasant invited Gandhi to investigate the grievances of Champaran farmers?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did indigo become profitable again in the First World War?Read the answer and worked solution →How did Gandhi respond when authorities ordered him to leave Champaran?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which region was covered by the Mahalwari system?

  1. Madras and the Malabar
  2. Bengal, Assam and Bihar
  3. Punjab and the North West
  4. Bombay and the Deccan
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Correct answer: C. Punjab and the North West

1. The system prevailed in parts of the Gangetic Valley, Uttar Pradesh and the North Western Provinces. 2. It also covered Punjab and parts of Central India. 3. Madras and Bombay used ryotwari, and Bengal had the Permanent Settlement. _Source: Wikipedia, Mahalwari system, lead section_

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Under the 1833 Mahalwari scheme, the state demand was fixed at what share of the rental value?

  1. 33 percent
  2. 50 percent
  3. 66 percent
  4. 89 percent
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Correct answer: C. 66 percent

1. Bentinck's government passed a new regulation in 1833. 2. The state demand was fixed at 66 percent of rental value for 30 years. 3. 89 percent was the Permanent Settlement figure, and 50 percent came later. _Source: Wikipedia, Mahalwari system, Bentinck section_

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The Saharanpur Rules of 1855 reduced the state demand under Mahalwari to what share?

  1. 25 percent
  2. 50 percent
  3. 75 percent
  4. 95 percent
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Correct answer: B. 50 percent

1. The 66 percent demand proved onerous. 2. The Saharanpur Rules of 1855 revised it to 50 percent under Dalhousie. 3. Officers paid little attention to the rules, which caused discontent. _Source: Wikipedia, Mahalwari system, Bentinck section_

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