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Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

Why were peasants in the $19th$ century unwilling to cultivate opium in India?

  1. The price paid by government was very low

  2. The plant was delicate

  3. The cultivators were poor

  4. All the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Peasants were reluctant to cultivate opium because the government-fixed prices were low, the crop was difficult to grow, and it required intensive labor, making it an unattractive option for poor farmers.

Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

Which of the following options refers to Captain Swing?

  1. Name of the Captain of a Ship

  2. Name of the army Captain under The British

  3. A mythical name which was used to threaten landlords by sending threatening letters.

  4. Name of the leader who organised peasants riots against threshing machines.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

"Captain Swing" was the name appended to several threatening letters during the rural English Swing Riots of 1830, when labourers rioted over the introduction of new threshing machines and the loss of their livelihoods. Captain Swing was described as a hard-working tenant farmer driven to destitution and despair by social and political change in the early nineteenth century.

Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

In early 19th century which were two major commercial crops grown in India?

  1. Sugarcane and Jute

  2. Jute and Indigo

  3. Indigo and Opium

  4. Cotton and Sugarcane
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

During the colonial period, Indian farmers produced crops like Indigo, opium to cater to the world market. These were the two major commercial crops on the 19th century.

Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

Indian farmers were not willing to cultivate opium because ____________.

  1. it required fertile land and needed more care

  2. opium cultivation spoiled their health

  3. opium was addictive and its cultivation was immoral

  4. the rent to be paid to the government was high
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The Indian farmers were not willing to divert their best fields for opium cultivation because it would have resulted in poor production cereals and pulses. Many cultivators did not own land. For opium cultivation, they had to lease land from landlords and pay rent. The cultivation of opium was a difficult process and time consuming. This would have left little time for the farmers to care for other crops. The government paid very low price for the opium which made it an unprofitable proposition.

Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

Which country became the bread basket of the world?

  1. America

  2. China

  3. Japan

  4. India
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the expansion of wheat cultivation in the American Midwest led to the United States being referred to as the bread basket of the world.

Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

Hows the life of poor peasants were affected by the Enclosure Movement?

  1. The land of the cultivator was taken over by the landlord

  2. The poor peasants were deprived of the common land where they could graze their cattle and collect firewood.

  3. Fences around lands prohibited easy movement between lands.

  4. The landlords did not hire the peasants any more.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • When enclosures came up, the enclosed land became the exclusive property of one landowner.
  • The poor could no longer collect their firewood from the forests, or graze their cattle on the commons.
  • They could no longer collect apples and berries, or hunt small animals for meat.
  • Everything had a price which the poor could not afford to pay. The poor were displaced from the land leading to  migration in search of work.
Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

Growing of which of the following crops makes the land fertile?

  1. Brinjal

  2. Tomato

  3. Turnip

  4. Potato
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Growing turnip crops makes the land fertile. Turnip was a good fodder crop for cattle. These crop have the capacity to increase the nitrogen content of the soil.

Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

The colonial government in Bengal exported opium to _____.

  1. Australia

  2. China

  3. Japan

  4. Russia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The British East India Company assumes control of Bengal and Bihar, opium-growing districts of India. British companies extracted huge profits by smuggling opium trade out of Calcutta to China. Offically opium is still banned in China.

Multiple choice political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

The British government had established a monopoly to trade in opium in Bengal by ______.

  1. 1770

  2. 1771

  3. 1772

  4. 1773
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Early in the 18th century the Portuguese found that they could import opium from India and sell it in China at a considerable profit. By 1773 the British had discovered the trade, and that year they became the leading suppliers of the Chinese market. The British East India Company established a monopoly on opium cultivation in the Indian province of Bengal, where they developed a method of growing opium poppies cheaply and abundantly. Other Western countries also joined in the trade, including the United States, which dealt in Turkish as well as Indian opium.