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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                 CLASS VIII HISTORY
                                      CH 3 – RULING THE COUNTRY SIDE

                                           COMPETENCY BASED QUESTIONS

               Sl.no   Questions

               1      Analyze and compare the Permanent Settlement with other revenue
                      systems like the Mahalwari and Ryotwari systems, focusing on their
                      impact on rural society and the East India Company.

               2      Explain the causes and consequences of the Blue Rebellion in
                      Bengal, connecting it to the broader context of British rule and
                      resistance in the countryside.

               3      Analyze the impact of indigo cultivation under the Nij and Ryotwari
                      systems on the lives of the peasantry.
               4      "The East India Company had become the Diwan, but it still saw itself
                      primarily as a trader." How we can say that?
               5       By the late nineteenth century, the Company forced cultivators in
                      various parts of India to produce which crops?
               6      By the end of the 18th century, the demand for Indian indigo grew
                      further. What were the reasons behind it?
               7      Explain how the Bengal economy landed up in a crisis under the
                      Diwani of the Company.
               8      State the consequences of the economic crisis that gripped Bengal?
               9      Describe the main features of the Permanent Settlement and its
                      impact upon peasant and zamindars.
               10     Describe the processes involved in indigo production.
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