Rural Life and Society
1.Which regions were involved when Robert Clive obtained the Diwani in 1765?
A) Bengal, Madras, and Bombay
B) Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa
C) Bihar, Orissa, and Punjab
D) Bengal, Punjab, and Sindh
Answer: B) Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa
2.What was the name of the settlement system introduced by Lord Cornwallis in 1793?
A) Ryotwari Settlement
B) Mahalwari Settlement
C) Permanent Settlement
D) Zamindari Settlement
Answer: C) Permanent Settlement
3.What was the duration of the settlement introduced by Lord Cornwallis in 1793?
A) Five years
B) Ten years
C) One year
D) Fifteen years
Answer: B) Ten years
4.What type of settlement was introduced by Warren Hastings after changing the annual settlement?
A) Decennial (ten-yearly)
B) Biennial (two-yearly)
C) Quinquennial (five-yearly)
D) Triennial (three-yearly)
Answer: C) Quinquennial (five-yearly)
5.Who reintroduced the annual settlement system after Warren Hastings?
A. Cornwallis
B. Wellesley
C. Hastings
D. Dalhousie
Answer: C) Hastings
6.How often were rents revised under the Ryotwari system?
A) Every 5 years
B) Every 10 years
C) Every 20 to 30 years
D) Every year
Answer: C) Every 20 to 30 years
7.Who reduced the rent assessment to one-third of the produce under the Ryotwari system?
A) Captain Read
B) Lord Dalhousie
C) Robert Clive
D) Thomas Munro
Answer: D) Thomas Munro
8.In which year was the Ryotwari system introduced?
A) 1793
B) 1820
C) 1765
D) 1857
Answer: B) 1820
9.Who introduced the Ryotwari system in 1820?
A) Lord Cornwallis and Warren Hastings
B) Thomas Munro and Captain Read
C) Robert Clive and Lord Dalhousie
D) Lord Wellesley and Lord Canning
Answer: B) Thomas Munro and Captain Read
10.Which of the following groups also participated in the Bardoli agitation?
A) Factory workers
B) Students
C) Women
D) Merchants
Answer: C) Women
11.In which region of India is Bardoli located?
A) Punjab
B) Bengal
C) Gujarat
D) Maharashtra
Answer: C) Gujarat
12.When did the no-tax campaign in Bardoli start?
A) 12 January 1928
B) 12 February 1928
C) 12 March 1928
D) 12 April 1928
Answer: B) 12 February 1928
13.Who led the Bardoli agitation in 1928?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Jawaharlal Nehru
C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: C) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
14.In which year did the peasants of Bardoli start their agitation?
A) 1919
B) 1928
C) 1935
D) 1942
Answer: B) 1928
15.What percentage of land revenue increase was proposed by the government, leading to the Bardoli agitation?
A) 10 percent
B) 20 percent
C) 30 percent
D) 40 percent
Answer: C) 30 percent
16.By when was the Moplah rebellion ruthlessly suppressed by the government?
A) November 1921
B) September 1921
C) December 1921
D) October 1921
Answer: C) December 1921
17.Approximately how many Moplah rebels were killed as a result of government intervention during the rebellion?
A) 1,500
B) 2,337
C) 3,000
D) 4,500
Answer: B) 2,337
18.How many Moplah rebels were wounded during the government suppression?
A) 1,000
B) 1,650
C) 2,000
D) 2,500
Answer: B) 1,650
19.Who accepted the leadership of the 'no-tax' movement in Kheda District in 1918?
A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
B) Mahatma Gandhi
C) Jawaharlal Nehru
D) Subhas Chandra Bose
Answer: B) Mahatma Gandhi
20.Who took up the cause of the Champaran peasants and led the movement against the indigo planters?
A) Jawaharlal Nehru
B) Subhas Chandra Bose
C) Mahatma Gandhi
D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: C) Mahatma Gandhi
21.When was the Champaran Agrarian Act passed?
A) March 1917
B) May 1918
C) August 1919
D) December 1918
Answer: B) May 1918
22.The Punjab Land Alienation Act divided the population of Punjab into:
A. Two categories
B. Three categories
C. Four categories
D. Five categories
Answer: B. Three categories
23.The Punjab Land Alienation Act was passed in:
A. 1890
B. 1900
C. 1910
D. 1920
Answer: B. 1900
24.In which year did the Deccan Riots occur?
A) 1865
B) 1875
C) 1885
D) 1895
Answer: B) 1875
25.Where did the Deccan Riots initially start?
A) Bombay
B) Poona district
C) Madras
D) Punjab
Answer: B) Poona district.
26.How many villages were affected by the Deccan Riots?
A) 23
B) 33
C) 43
D) 53
Answer: B) 33
27.Where was the Mahalwari system first adopted?
A) Bengal
B) Agra and Awadh
C) Punjab
D) Madras
Answer: B) Agra and Awadh
28.Who suggested radical changes to the Mahalwari system in 1833?
A) Holt Mackenzie
B) Lord William Bentinck
C) Robert Martins Bird
D) Warren Hastings
Answer: B) Lord William Bentinck
29.In which year was the Mahalwari system introduced?
A) 1815
B) 1822
C) 1833
D) 1840
Answer: B) 1822
30.Who was the main architect of the Mahalwari system?
A) Lord Cornwallis
B) Holt Mackenzie
C) Warren Hastings
D) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: B) Holt Mackenzie
31.Which revolt is regarded as the first peasants' revolt in India?
A) The Deccan Riots
B) The Champaran Rebellion
C) The Santhal Rebellion
D) The Moplah Rebellion
Answer: C) The Santhal Rebellion
32.In which years did the Santhal Rebellion take place?
A) 1850-51
B) 1852-53
C) 1855-56
D) 1857-58
Answer: C) 1855-56
33.When did the Santhal Rebellion end?
A) January 1855
B) February 1856
C) March 1857
D) April 1858
Answer: B) February 1856
34.In which year was the indigo commission set up by the government to address the situation?
A) 1859
B) 1860
C) 1861
D) 1862
Answer: B) 1860
35.Which Act incorporated the recommendations of the indigo commission?
A) Act IV of 1861
B) Act VI of 1862
C) Act IX of 1863
D) Act VIII of 1864
Answer: B) Act VI of 1862
36.Where did the Pabna Peasant Uprising originate?
A) Bengal
B) Punjab
C) Maharashtra
D) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: A) Bengal
37.Who was the leader of the Pabna Peasant Uprising?
A) Mahatma Gandhi
B) Keshab Chandra Roy
C) Subhas Chandra Bose
D) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: B) Keshab Chandra Roy
38.Which system was called by different names like Jagirdari, Malguzari, and Biswedari, etc.?
a) Mahalwari
b) Ryotwari
c) Zamindari
d) None of these
Answer: c) Zamindari
39.Under which Governor General was the Permanent Settlement implemented in Bengal?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord Minto
Answer: b) Lord Cornwallis
40.What was the Mahal in the Mahalwari system?
a) House
b) Land
c) Village
d) Palace
Answer: c) Village
41.In which region was the Mahalwari system imposed?
a) Maharashtra
b) Madras
c) Bengal
d) Punjab
Answer: d) Punjab
42.Who among the following Governors introduced the Mahalwari system?
a) Lord Hastings
b) Lord Cornwallis
c) Lord Wellesley
d) Lord William Bentinck
Answer: d) Lord William Bentinck
43.In which region was the Ryotwari system not introduced by the British?
a) Bombay
b) Madras
c) Bengal
d) None of these
Answer: c) Bengal
44.The Indigo Revolt was led by whom?
a) Mahatma Gandhi
b) Keshab Chandra Roy
c) Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Charan Biswas
d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: c) Digambar Biswas and Bishnu Charan Biswas
45.The Bardoli Satyagraha was led by whom?
a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b) Mahatma Gandhi
c) Digambar Biswas
d) Keshab Chandra Roy
Answer: a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
46.Which system is the modified version of the Zamindari system?
a) Mahalwari System
b) Ryotwari System
c) Jagirdari System
d) Land Revenue System
Answer: a) Mahalwari System
47.The Mahalwari system was a brainchild of whom?
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Holt Mackenzie
c) Robert Clive
d) Lord Bentinck
Answer: b) Holt Mackenzie
48.The Indigo Revolt took place in which region?
a) Bengal
b) Bihar
c) Punjab
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: a) Bengal
49.The Moplah Rebellion was held in which region?
a) Malabar (Kerala)
b) Bengal
c) Punjab
d) Gujarat
Answer: a) Malabar (Kerala)
50.The Champaran Agrarian Act was passed in which year?
a) 1915
b) 1918
c) 1920
d) 1922
Answer: b) 1918
