Question:
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Answer:
The two major systems of indigo cultivation in India were the Nij system of cultivation and the Ryoti system of cultivation.
How, When and Where
Q 1.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 2.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 3.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 4.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 6.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 7.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 8.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 9.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 10.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 11.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 12.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 13.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 15.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 16.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 17.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 18.
Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye?
Q 19.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 20.
How were historians able to write about the last 250 years of Indian history?
Q 21.
Which were the other trading Companies that came to the Indian shores?
Q 22.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 23.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 24.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 25.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 26.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 27.
What were the benefits reaped by the East India company as the Diwan of Bengal?
Q 28.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 29.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 30.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 31.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 32.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 33.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 34.
What happened to the Nawabs when the British established political power in India?
Q 35.
Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?
Q 36.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 37.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 38.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 39.
When did the British gain control of Delhi?
Q 40.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 41.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 42.
Identify three differences in the city design of New Delhi and Shahjahanabad.
Q 43.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 44.
How did the East India Company establish trade in India and enter the political scene?
Q 45.
What was the doctrine of lapse?
Q 46.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 47.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 48.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 49.
Give a brief description of the ryotwari system.
Q 50.
What were the disadvantages of the ryotwari system?
