History

How, When and Where

Question:

How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?

Answer:

In the mahalwari system the revenue to be paid to the Company was to be periodically revised according to the prevailing conditions, while the revenue was fixed permanently in the Permanent Settlement Act.
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How, When and Where

Q 1.

What are Reserved forests?

Q 2.

What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?

Q 3.

How and when did the British East India Company set foot in India?

Q 4.

What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?

Q 5.

Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.

Q 6.

Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British

Q 7.

Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.

Q 8.

How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?

Q 9.

Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.

Q 10.

Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Companys army.

Q 11.

During the Mughal rule what was the status of the Diwan?

Q 12.

What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?

Q 13.

Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.

Q 14.

What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?

Q 15.

What did Nana Saheb want of the British?

Q 16.

Name the notable tribes in India.

Q 17.

What were the activities of the Tribals?

Q 18.

What were the areas of conflict between the Bengal nawabs and the East India Company?

Q 19.

Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?

Q 20.

Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.

Q 21.

What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?

Q 22.

What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?

Q 23.

Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.

Q 24.

Who wrote the book The History of British India?

Q 25.

What did British historians in India write about?

Q 26.

How did the powers of tribal chiefs change under colonial rule?

Q 27.

Who lived in the white areas in cities such as Madras?

Q 28.

Give a brief description of the Viceroys Palace.

Q 29.

What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?

Q 30.

What was the doctrine of lapse?

Q 31.

Why is it important to have dates or time frames while writing History?

Q 32.

In what way was the administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?

Q 33.

What were the reforms introduced by the British?

Q 34.

What is Sati?

Q 35.

What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?

Q 36.

Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.

Q 37.

What is Sati?

Q 38.

What were the disadvantages of the ryotwari system?

Q 39.

What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?

Q 40.

What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?

Q 41.

Apart from official records what are the other sources of information that is available to historians?

Q 42.

How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?

Q 43.

Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.

Q 44.

What were the benefits reaped by the East India company as the Diwan of Bengal?

Q 45.

Name the notable tribes in India.

Q 46.

What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?

Q 47.

How did the British succeed in securing the submission of the rebel landowners of Awadh?

Q 48.

Who was Nana Saheb?

Q 49.

What was the Sepoy mutiny called and when did it start?

Q 50.

Give a brief description of Kingsway.