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After the Santhal Revolt of 1855-56, how large an area became the Santhal Pargana?Read the answer and worked solution →The Deccan revolt of 1875 began in which large village of Poona district?Read the answer and worked solution →The revenue system of the Bombay Deccan, settled directly with the cultivator, was called:Read the answer and worked solution →A famine devastated the Deccan in which years, killing a third of the cattle?Read the answer and worked solution →The Cotton Supply Association was founded in Britain in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →By 1862, what share of Britain's cotton imports came from India?Read the answer and worked solution →The Limitation Law of 1859 made loan bonds between moneylenders and ryots valid for how long?Read the answer and worked solution →The Deccan Riots Commission presented its report to the British Parliament in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the rural groupsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Rajmahal wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the Bengali termsRead the answer and worked solution →Bengal or DeccanRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Countryside bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Which imperial officer policed and ran the internal affairs of a Mughal town?Read the answer and worked solution →The Portuguese set up base at Panaji in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →From which year did all-India decennial censuses become a regular feature?Read the answer and worked solution →The Survey of India was established in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1900 and 1940 India's urban population rose from about 10 per cent to about what share?Read the answer and worked solution →Railways were introduced in India in which year, shifting activity away from old river towns?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two towns are named as the only proper industrial cities of colonial India?Read the answer and worked solution →Simla was founded during which war?Read the answer and worked solution →Darjeeling was wrested from the rulers of which kingdom in 1835?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Viceroy officially moved his council to Simla in 1864, sealing the summer capital practice?Read the answer and worked solution →Binodini Dasi, pioneer of Bengali theatre, helped set up which Calcutta theatre in 1883?Read the answer and worked solution →From which local Telugu lords did the Company buy the right to settle at Madraspatam in 1639?Read the answer and worked solution →In Madras, which area was a colony of dyers and bleachers of cloth?Read the answer and worked solution →Indians in Madras who spoke both the local language and English, serving as agents, were called:Read the answer and worked solution →

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After the Santhal Revolt of 1855-56, how large an area became the Santhal Pargana?

  1. 5,500 square miles
  2. 500 square miles
  3. 55,000 square miles
  4. 6,500 square km
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Correct answer: A. 5,500 square miles

1. It was carved from Bhagalpur and Birbhum. 2. The Santhal Pargana covered 5,500 square miles. 3. Special laws were imposed there. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 10, Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives._

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The Deccan revolt of 1875 began in which large village of Poona district?

  1. Chas
  2. Supa
  3. Wai
  4. Pen
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Correct answer: B. Supa

1. Ryots burnt account books on 12 May 1875. 2. It began at Supa. 3. It spread over 6,500 square km. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 10, Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives._

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The revenue system of the Bombay Deccan, settled directly with the cultivator, was called:

  1. Mahalwari
  2. Permanent
  3. Ryotwari
  4. Zamindari
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Correct answer: C. Ryotwari

1. Ricardian ideas shaped the officials. 2. The ryotwari settlement fixed revenue with the ryot. 3. Land was resurveyed every 30 years. _Source: syllabus Themes in Indian History Part III, Theme 10, Colonialism and the Countryside: Exploring Official Archives._

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