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A. Tick (3) the right option :

1. The movement of indigo cultivators occurred in ______________ .
(a) 1854-55 (b) 1858-60 (c) 1868-70
2. Under the ______________ system, the whole village or a group of village was taken as a unit.
(a) ijardari (b) ryotwari (c) mahalwari
3. The mahalwari system was introduced in ______________ .

(a) Central India (b) Punjab (c) both of these
4. The Indian peasants and craftsmen were often the ______________ people.
(a) different (b) same (c) none of these
5. The permanent settlement was introduced by ______________ in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.
(a) Holt Mackenzie (b) Thomas Munro (c) Lord Cornwallis

6. The ijardari system of land revenue was introduced by ______________ .
(a) Warren Hastings (b) Lord Cornwallis (c) Macaulay
7. In Madras and Bombay, cultivators were called ______________ .
(a) mahals (b) ryots (c) ijardars
8. The first major peasant revolt occurred in ______________ .

(a) Bengal (b) Punjab (c) Bihar
B. Write T for true and F for false statements :
1. Before the arrival of the British, a village in India was a self-sufficient unit.

2. The peasants worked as craftsmen during their free time.
3. Under the ijardari system, the collection of land revenue was assigned to the highest bidder.
4. Under the ryotwari system, land revenue was collected from the landlords.
5. The British agrarian policy greatly benefitted the peasants.

6. The peasants rose in rebellion against the British policies.
C. Fill in the blanks :
1. Warren Hastings introduced the ______________ system of land revenue.

2. The permanent settlement was introduced in Bengal and ______________ .
3. In the ______________ , land revenue was collected from peasants directly.
4. The whole village was taken as a unit under the ______________ system.
5. The land was made a ______________ commodity under the British rule.
6. The peasant revolt occurred in Sandoway under the leadership of ______________ .

D. Answer in one word or phrase :
1. What affected the Indian way of rural life?

2. To whom was the task of revenue collection given under the ijardari system?
3. Where was the ryotwari system introduced?
4. How was the nature of land changed during the British rule?
Ruling the Countryside
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