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

QUESTIONS

1.From the last decade of eighteenth century indigo cultivation in ______
1.
expanded rapidly.
A)Bengal
B) Bihar
C) Orissa
D) Punjab
2.What is Bigha?
2.
A) Unit of capacity
B) Unit of measurement of land
C) Unit of tempreture
D) Unit of length
3. Under the system of ___ cultivation, a planter produced indigo in lands
3.
that he directly controlled.
A) Ryoti
B) Nij
C) Munro
D) Mahalwari
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4.Which country was the biggest supplier of indigo in the 19 century?
4.
A)Brazil
B)Jamaica
C)India
D)Japan
5.Which cropsthe company was trying to expand and cultivate?
5.
A) Opium
B) Indigo
C) Coffee
D) Both A and B
6.Under the_______system, Satta is an agreement signed by the ryot with a
6.
planters.
A. Diwani
B. Ryoti
C. Nij
D. Plantation