Land Ownership and Tax System

Q. Kettezhuthu and Kandezhuthu were the systems of ____.

1. ownership of land
2. cultivation of land
3. taxation on land
4. survey of land

Q. The land owned by Naduvazhis was called ____.

1. Brahmaswam
2. Cherikkal
3. Devaswam
4. Fertile land

Q. Assertion (A): Janmis had sole ownership over Janmam land. Reason (R): Janmam land was passed on from one generation to another. Choose the correct option about the above mentioned statements.

1. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
3. A is false but R is true.
4. A is true but R is false.

Q. The system according to which a person taking a land on lease had to pay a certain amount as security to the landlord was called ____.

1. Panayapattam
2. Verumpattam
3. Kuzhikanam
4. Swaroopam

Q. Match the following types of land with its respective owners.

1. Naduvazhis
2. Ooralar
3. Brahmins

Q. Prepare a note on the features of agriculture in medieval Kerala.

Q. was a custom where land owned by Janmis was given out to Kudiyans with an agreement that a share of the produce would be given to the Janmi.

1. Verumpattam
2. Panayapattam
3. Kuzhikanam
4. Kanam

Q. The historical sources of the Chola period confirms that there were four types of farm land. Match the following types of farm lands.

1. Brahmadeya	a. The land donated to temples
2. Devadana	b. The land owned by peasants
3. Vellan vakai	c. The land donated to Jain institutions
4. Pallichandam	d. The land received by Brahmins as gift

1. 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
2. 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c
3. 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-a
4. 1-a, 2-d, 3-b, 4-c

Q. Historical sources of Chola period confirms that there were _____ types of farm lands.

1. 3
2. 4
3. 5
4. 6

Q. The land under the control of the Naduvazhis is called _____.

1. Cherikkal
2. Brahmaswam
3. Devaswam
4. None of these

Q. What was the land under the control of the Naduvazhis called?

1. Brahmaswam
2. Devaswam
3. Cherikkal
4. Bhavanam

Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are not true?

1. Devaswam was the land under the control of Temples.
2. Brahmaswam was the land under the control of Brahmins.
3. According to the ownership of land, Naduvazhis were at the top of hierarchy of power.
4. Brahmins used to give the land for cultivation to middlemen called Ooralars.

Q. The land under the control of Brahmins is called ________.

1. Cherikkal
2. Brahmaswam
3. Devaswam
4. None of these

Q. The land under the control of temples is _______.

1. Cherikkal
2. Brahmaswam
3. Devaswam
4. None of these