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• According to the terms of the Permanent Settlement, who were recognised as zamindars?A. Village headsB. Farmers and peasantsC. Rajas and TaluqdarsD. Colonial officers
• Who were the ryots?A. LandlordsB. the women workersC. the cultivatorsD. the village headmen
• What happened in 1770 in Bengal so that one-third of the population was wiped out?A. British sent a lot of locals to Britain and they met with an accidentB. Robert Clive went to war and killed many peopleC. The British had a war with the Portuguese and many were killedD. Due to a terrible famine many were killed
• What is a Mahal?A. a revenue estateB. Kings EmpireC. Kings mansionD. Freedom movements
• Who is a slave?A. Person owned by someone elseB. paid workerC. Royal personD. None of these
• Who devised the new-system of revenue called Mahalwari?A. Queen ElizabethB.  Holt MackenzieC. Queen VictoriaD. Gandhiji
• Who had developed the Munro system?A. Captain AlexanderB. Thomas MunroC. Holt MackenzieD. None of these
• Why was there a popular demand for Indian Indigo in Italy, France and Britain?A. India was the biggest producer and no other country produced indigoB. There was a ban on indigo import in other countriesC. Indigo imports were tax freeD. Indigo was used to dye cloth and there was a huge demand
• Growers of woad in Europe saw which crop as a comepetition ?A. teaB. rubberC. indigoD. Coffee