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.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 3.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 4.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 5.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 6.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 7.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 8.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 10.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 11.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 12.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 13.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 14.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 15.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 16.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 17.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 18.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 19.
Give a brief description of the method of producing indigo dye?
Q 20.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 21.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 22.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 23.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 24.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 25.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 26.
What were the benefits reaped by the East India company as the Diwan of Bengal?
Q 27.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 28.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 29.
Give a brief note on the wars between the Marathas and the British East India Company?
Q 30.
How were historians able to write about the last 250 years of Indian history?
Q 31.
Which were the other trading Companies that came to the Indian shores?
Q 32.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 33.
Who wrote the book The History of British India?
Q 34.
In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
Q 35.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 36.
How did the East India Company establish trade in India and enter the political scene?
Q 37.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 38.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 39.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 40.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 41.
Who created the first map of India?
Q 42.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 43.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 44.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 45.
What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?
Q 46.
What impact did Bahadur Shah ZafaKs support to the rebellion have on the people and the ruling families?
Q 47.
In what ways did the British change their policies as a result of the rebellion of 1857
Q 48.
Give a brief description of Shahjahanabad.
Q 49.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 50.
How was colonial India divided for administrative purposes?
