Ruling the Countryside

Sponsor Area

Question
CBSEENSS8006764

Match the following options:

A. ryot (i) village
B. mahal (ii) peasant
C. nij (iii) cultivation on ryot’s lands
D. ryoti (iv) cultivation on planter’s own land

Solution

A.

ryot

(i)

peasant

B.

mahal

(ii)

village

C.

nij

(iii)

cultivation on planter’s own land

D.

ryoti

(iv)

cultivation on ryot’s lands

Sponsor Area

Question
CBSEENSS8006765

Growers of woad in Europe saw ............... as a crop which would provide competition to their earnings.

Solution

indigo

Question
CBSEENSS8006766

The demand for indigo increased in late-eighteenth-century Britain because of ..................... .

Solution

industrialisation

Question
CBSEENSS8006767

The international demand for indigo was affected by the discovery of ................ .

Solution

synthetic dyes