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Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

The tribal chiefs got_______titles in central India under the British land settlement.

  1. Land

  2. Manager

  3. Honorary

  4. none of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
The tribal chiefs had considerable amount of power before the advent of the British. They had the power to administer and control their territories. The tribal chiefs on some places had their own police. They also managed the forests. After the arrival of the British, the tribal chiefs lost many of their administrative powers and had to follow the rules that were formulated by the British. They also had to pay taxes to the British and also had to discipline their tribal groups on the behalf of their colonial masters. Thus, though the tribal chiefs were allowed to keep land titles, they were now unable to fulfill their traditional functions. Hence, Option A is correct. The rest of the the titles were managed by the British government itself, hence, incorrect.
Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

Jhum cultivation is practised in the________parts of India

  1. North-Eastern

  2. South

  3. East

  4. None

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Jhum cultivation is the practice of clearing vegetative/forest cover on land/slopes of hills, drying and burning it before onset of monsoon and cropping on it thereafter. It is a primitive practice of cultivation in States of North Eastern Hill Region of India. Land is often cleared by slash-and-burn methods. The ashes add potash to the soil.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

Tribals went to work in the _______ of Assam and the ______in Bihar.

  1. tea plantations, coal mines

  2. coal mines, tea plantations

  3. rice plantations, wheat fields

  4. none of the above

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

From the late nineteenth century, tea plantations started coming up and mining became an important industry. Tribals were recruited in large numbers to work the tea plantations of Assam and the coal mines of Jharkhand. They were recruited through contractors who paid them miserably low wages and prevented them from returning home. Hence, Option A is correct.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

The British started______plantations in Assam.

  1. Tea

  2. Wheat

  3. Rice

  4. None

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

In the early 1820s, the British East India Company began large-scale production of tea in Assam, India, of a tea variety traditionally brewed by the Singpho people. In 1826, the British East India Company took over the region from the Ahom kings through the Yandaboo Treaty. In 1837, the first English tea garden was established at Chabua in Upper Assam; in 1840, the Assam Tea Company began the commercial production of tea in the region, run by indentured servitude of the local inhabitants. Beginning in the 1850s, the tea industry rapidly expanded, consuming vast tracts of land for tea plantations. By the turn of the century, Assam became the leading tea producing region in the world.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

  1. Holt Mackenzie -Mahalvari settlement in Northern India

  2. Lord Cornwallis -Subsidiary system

  3. Lord Rippon -Local self-Government

  4. Thomas Munro -Ryotwari settlement
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Zamindari System was introduced by Lord Cornwallis in 1793 through Permanent Settlement Act. It was introduced in provinces of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Varanasi. Also known as Permanent Settlement System. Zamindars were recognized as owner of the lands. Zamindars were given the rights to collect the rent from the peasants.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

What was the first political organisation established in India in 1838?

  1. British India Society

  2. Bengal British India Society

  3. Settlers Association

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

Zamindari Association, The reckoned to be the first political association of modern India. Formally launched in Calcutta in March 1838, it was renamed the Landholders' Society shortly afterwards. Landed magnates like Raja radhakant dev, dwarkanath tagore, Prasanna Kumar Tagore, Rajkamal Sen and Bhabani Charan Mitra were its leading members. The promotion of landholders' interests through petitions to government and discreet persuasion of the bureaucracy was its professed object. Among its aims were securing a halt to the resumption of rent-free tenures and an extension of the permanent settlement of land all over India, including the grant of lease of waste land to their occupants. The demand for reform of the judiciary, the police and the revenue departments was also on its agenda.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

______ was the leader of the Kisan Sabha.

  1. Baba Ramchandra

  2. N.G. Ranga

  3. Swami Sahajananda Saraswati

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

The Kisan Sabha movement started in Bihar under the leadership of Sahajanand Saraswati who had formed in 1929 the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha (BPKS) in order to mobilise peasant grievances against the zamindari attacks on their occupancy rights, and thus sparking the farmers' movements in India.

Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

The process of growing crops by first clearing the land of trees and vegetation and burning them thereafter is called?

  1. Commercial farming

  2. Shifting cultivation

  3. Nomadic herding

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
Some of them practised jhum cultivation, that is, shifting cultivation. This was done on small patches of land, mostly in forests. The cultivators cut the treetops to allow sunlight to reach the ground and burnt the vegetation on the land to clear it for cultivation. 
Multiple choice history tribals, dikus and the vision of a golden age indigo rebellion struggles storms jungles the revolts of peasants and the tribals

Which among the following is not a local name for shifting cultivation?

  1. Dhya

  2. Kumri

  3. Podu

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

Dhya, Kumri, and Podu are all recognized local names for shifting cultivation in different parts of India. Bora Bora is a geographic location and not a term for this agricultural practice.