List of top History Questions on Colonialism and the Countryside

Jotedars were also known as: A. Haoladars
B. Zamindars
C. Gantidars
D. Bargadars
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Analyse the Ricardian ideas on ‘Average Rent’.
Why was there a panic in the cotton circles of Britain over the American Civil War? Explain.
Describe any three features of the Ryotwari system.
Which of the following was not the provision of the 'Limitation Law' passed by the British in 1859?
Fill in the blank with the appropriate option from the following:
The ______was established by the British government in 1875 to investigate the economic distress and role of the East India Company in Bombay and the Deccan.
Which one of the following was a key feature of the ‘Subsidiary Alliance’ introduced by Lord Wellesley in 1798?
Find the odd one out regarding the Permanent Settlement of 1793.
Which of the following statements regarding Colonel Colin Mackenzie are correct? Choose the correct option:
I.\hspace{0.3cm}The ruins of Hampi were brought to light in 1800 by him.
II.\hspace{0.3cm}He was an official of East India Company.
III.\hspace{0.3cm}He prepared the first survey maps of the site.
IV.\hspace{0.3cm}He received information of Vijayanagara empire from the Duarte Barbosa.

On clearance and settled cultivation
Passing through one village in the lower Rajmahal hills, Buchanan wrote: The view of the country is exceedingly fine, the cultivation, especially the narrow valleys of rice winding in all directions, the cleared lands with scattered trees, and the rocky hills are in perfection; all that is wanted is some appearance of progress in the area and a vastly extended and improved cultivation, of which the country is highly susceptible. Plantations of Asan and Palas, for Tessar (Tassar silk worms) and Lac, should occupy the place of woods to as great an extent as the demand will admit; the remainder might be all cleared, and the greater part cultivated, while what is not fit for the purpose, might rear Plamira (palmyra) and Mowa (mahua).

Before the Railway Age, the collection centre for cotton from the Deccan was _______.
When Permanent Settlement was imposed, who was the Raja of Burdwan?
A 'sahukar' was someone who acted as both a ________.
Identify the law according to which if payment did not come in by sunset of the specified date, the zamindari was liable to be auctioned.
Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a ________.
Colonial rule was first established in which part of India ?