Question:
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Answer:
Land Settlement Act which was enforced by the British defined the rights of each individual to a measured piece of land, and fixed the revenue for that piece of land, which had to be paid to the British. The British enforced this law as they wanted a regular revenue source from the states.
How, When and Where
Q 1.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 2.
What was the result of the competition between the trading companies from different European countries?
Q 3.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
Q 4.
Give a brief description of Chhatrapati Shivaji.
Q 5.
Why did James Mill divide his book, The History of British India’ into the Hindu, Muslim and British
Q 6.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 7.
What were the activities of the Tribals?
Q 9.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 10.
What were to the two major systems of indigo cultivation in India?
Q 11.
Write a short note on the Santhals of Jharkhand.
Q 12.
Give a brief description of Kingsway.
Q 13.
Describe a colonial bungalow during the early 20th century.
Q 14.
What were the reforms introduced by the British?
Q 15.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 16.
Trace the rebellion from Meerut to Delhi.
Q 17.
Trace the eight cities that existed before New Delhi between 736 AD and the 17th Century.
Q 18.
In 1911 a grand Durbar was held by the British in Delhi, why?
Q 19.
What did Tipu Sultan do that resulted in wars against the Company?
Q 20.
Why did the British dislike shifting cultivators?
Q 21.
When and between whom did the 3rd Battle of Panipat take place?
Q 22.
What did the British do to demolish Delhis past?
Q 23.
Write a short note on shifting cultivation.
Q 24.
What is Land Settlement Act and why was it enforced?
Q 25.
What were the reasons for the decline of the Mughal Empire?
Q 26.
What do we mean by "time-span" in connection with historical events?
Q 27.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 28.
Give a brief account of Tantia Tope.
Q 29.
What were the main features of the Ryoti system of cultivation?
Q 30.
When did the Blue rebellion break-out?
Q 31.
What did the British do to protect the interests of those who converted to Christianity?
Q 32.
How did the last Mughal emperor live the last years of his life?
Q 33.
What could be the reasons for the confidence of the British rulers about their position in India before May 1857?
Q 34.
When was the 'Diwani' of Bengal granted to the East India Company?
Q 35.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 36.
What were the rules followed by the British East India Company while occupying the Indian States?
Q 37.
What is the problem with the periodisation of Indian history that James Mill offers?
Q 38.
How will the information historians get from old newspapers be different from that found in police reports?
Q 39.
Mention a few other events, which if recorded, will make history more interesting to everyone.
Q 40.
What did British historians in India write about?
Q 41.
Apart from official records what are the other sources of information that is available to historians?
Q 42.
What were the commodities that these companies traded in?
Q 43.
How was the mahalwari system different from the Permanent Settlement?
Q 44.
What were the circumstances which led to the eventual collapse of indigo production in Bengal?
Q 45.
What were the main features of the Nij system of cultivation?
Q 46.
What problems did shifting cultivators face under British rule?
Q 47.
What are Reserved forests?
Q 48.
What was the demand of Rani Lakshmi Bai of Jhansi that was refused by the British?
Q 49.
What objections did the Sepoys have to the new cartridges that they were asked to use?
Q 50.
What did Nana Saheb want of the British?
