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The terrible Bengal famine of 1770 killed about how many people?Read the answer and worked solution →The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was introduced in:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the Permanent Settlement, rajas and taluqdars were recognised as:Read the answer and worked solution →Who was Governor-General when the Permanent Settlement was introduced?Read the answer and worked solution →Zamindars who could not pay the fixed revenue lost their zamindari, which was then:Read the answer and worked solution →Holt Mackenzie's revenue system for the North Western Provinces, effective from 1822, was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the mahalwari settlement, revenue collection was entrusted to the:Read the answer and worked solution →The ryotwari system in south India was first tried on a small scale by:Read the answer and worked solution →The ryotwari system was developed and extended over south India by:Read the answer and worked solution →Under the ryotwari system, the revenue settlement was made directly with the:Read the answer and worked solution →Between 1783 and 1789, world indigo production:Read the answer and worked solution →By 1810, what share of the indigo imported into Britain came from India?Read the answer and worked solution →The slave revolt that wrecked French indigo plantations in St Domingue broke out in:Read the answer and worked solution →In which system did planters grow indigo on land they directly controlled with hired labour?Read the answer and worked solution →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 →

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The terrible Bengal famine of 1770 killed about how many people?

  1. Half a million
  2. Ten million
  3. One million
  4. Thirty million
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Correct answer: B. Ten million

1. About one-third of the population died. 2. Ten million people perished. 3. Artisans and peasants were already in crisis. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 3, Ruling the Countryside._

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The Permanent Settlement of Bengal was introduced in:

  1. 1793
  2. 1765
  3. 1822
  4. 1820
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Correct answer: A. 1793

1. It followed two decades of debate. 2. The settlement came in 1793. 3. Revenue was fixed permanently. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 3, Ruling the Countryside._

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Under the Permanent Settlement, rajas and taluqdars were recognised as:

  1. Mahal chiefs
  2. Zamindars
  3. Ryot tenants
  4. Collectors
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Correct answer: B. Zamindars

1. They collected rent and paid fixed revenue. 2. They were recognised as zamindars. 3. Many failed to pay and lost their estates. _Source: syllabus Our Pasts III, Chapter 3, Ruling the Countryside._

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