Question:
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Answer:
The British did not like people moving from place to place, as was the case with shifting cultivators. They wanted tribal groups to settle down and become settled cultivators as it would be easier to control and administer people who were in one place. The British also found it easy to collect revenue from people who were settled in one place and maintain records on them.
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.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 7.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 8.
During the Mughal rule what was the status of the Diwan?
Q 9.
How did the status of the tribal chiefs change after the British established power in India?
Q 10.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 11.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 12.
Describe the changes that occurred in the composition of the Companys army.
Q 13.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 14.
What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?
Q 15.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 16.
Name the notable tribes in India.
Q 17.
What were the areas of conflict between the Bengal nawabs and the East India Company?
Q 18.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 19.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 20.
What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
Q 21.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 22.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 23.
What were the ambitious plans of the East India Company?
Q 24.
Give a brief note on the Battle of Plassey.
Q 25.
Why is it important to have dates or time frames while writing History?
Q 26.
Who wrote the book The History of British India?
Q 27.
In what way was the administration of the Company different from that of Indian rulers?
Q 28.
How did the powers of tribal chiefs change under colonial rule?
Q 29.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 30.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 31.
Who lived in the white areas in cities such as Madras?
Q 32.
Give a brief description of the Viceroys Palace.
Q 33.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 34.
What was the out come of the Blue Rebellion?
Q 35.
What was the doctrine of lapse?
Q 36.
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
Q 37.
Give two problems which arose with the new Munro system of fixing revenue.
Q 38.
Name the notable tribes in India.
Q 39.
How did the British succeed in securing the submission of the rebel landowners of Awadh?
Q 40.
Who was Nana Saheb?
Q 42.
What was the Sepoy mutiny called and when did it start?
Q 43.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 45.
What were the causes of the Sepoy Mutiny?
Q 46.
What was the incidence that triggered the mutiny?
Q 47.
What were the disadvantages of the ryotwari system?
Q 48.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 49.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 50.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
