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SAI International School
Session-2020-21
Class- VIII
Subject- History
Chapter-3 Ruling The Countryside
Home Assignment
Sub Topic : The Problem
(Objective)

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION PAPER

1) Who introduced the Mahalwari system?
a. Holt Mackenzie
b. Thomas Munro
c. Alexander Read
d. Lord Cornwallis

2) ) What is a Mahal ?
a. A village or a group of villages
b. Kings empire
c. Kings mansion
d. Freedom movements

3) Who are ryots ?
a. Cultivators
b. Zamindars
c. Headman
d. Taluqdars

4) Name the person who introduced Ryowatari system all over South India.
a. Captain Alexander Read
b. Thomas Munro
c. Robert Clive
d. Lord Dalhousie

5) What type of land settlement was introduced in North western province of
Bengal presidency ?
a) Farman
b) Munro system
c) Mahalwari system
d) Ryotwari system

6) Name the agricultural system that extended all over south India during the
time of Thomas Munro.
a. Mahalwari system
b. Permanent settlement
c. Ryotwari system
d. Munro system of revenue collection