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Under the ryoti system, the loan committed a ryot to grow indigo on at least what share of his holding?Read the answer and worked solution →In which vat was the indigo solution stirred and beaten with paddles until it turned blue?Read the answer and worked solution →The Blue Rebellion of indigo ryots in Bengal began in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which Barasat magistrate's notice that ryots need not accept indigo contracts was read as support for the rebellion?Read the answer and worked solution →After the rebellion, the government set up which body, which held the planters guilty?Read the answer and worked solution →After indigo collapsed in Bengal, planters shifted their operations to:Read the answer and worked solution →Gandhi's visit that began the Champaran movement against indigo planters took place in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the revenue systemsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the indigo wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the countryside datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the countryside wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Settlement or indigoRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the revenue systemsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Countryside bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Birsa Munda, seen roaming the forests in 1895 and hailed as bhagwan, belonged to which region?Read the answer and worked solution →In Birsa's movement, the outsiders blamed for enslaving tribal people were called:Read the answer and worked solution →Shifting cultivation on burnt forest patches, practised by many tribes, is called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Khonds, who lived by collective hunts and forest produce, belonged to the forests of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which central Indian tribe thought it below their dignity to work as labourers for others?Read the answer and worked solution →The Van Gujjars of the Punjab hills and the Labadis of Andhra Pradesh were:Read the answer and worked solution →Which British anthropologist lived among the Baigas and Khonds in the 1930s and 1940s?Read the answer and worked solution →Among the Mundas of Chottanagpur, land traditionally belonged to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which settled tribal groups did British officials see as more civilised than shifting cultivators?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did jhum cultivators successfully insist on continuing shifting cultivation?Read the answer and worked solution →Forests producing timber the British wanted were classified as:Read the answer and worked solution →To secure cheap labour for cutting sleepers, the Forest Department set up:Read the answer and worked solution →Songram Sangma's revolt against forest laws took place in 1906 in:Read the answer and worked solution →In Hazaribagh, the Santhals reared cocoons and were paid how much per thousand?Read the answer and worked solution →In the 1920s, about what share of miners in the Jharia and Raniganj coal mines were tribals?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Under the ryoti system, the loan committed a ryot to grow indigo on at least what share of his holding?

  1. 75 per cent
  2. 25 per cent
  3. 50 per cent
  4. 10 per cent
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Correct answer: B. 25 per cent

1. Ryots signed a satta for cash advances. 2. At least 25 per cent had to be indigo. 3. The planter gave seed and drill. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 3, Ruling the Countryside._

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In which vat was the indigo solution stirred and beaten with paddles until it turned blue?

  1. Settling vat
  2. Fermenting vat
  3. Beater vat
  4. Steeper vat
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Correct answer: C. Beater vat

1. Leaves first soaked in the steeper vat. 2. The beater vat came second. 3. Lime water made the indigo settle. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 3, Ruling the Countryside._

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The Blue Rebellion of indigo ryots in Bengal began in:

  1. March 1857
  2. March 1917
  3. March 1793
  4. March 1859
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Correct answer: D. March 1859

1. Ryots refused to grow indigo and attacked factories. 2. It began in March 1859. 3. Zamindars and headmen supported them. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 3, Ruling the Countryside._

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