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. ________ was a tax rebate where crops that did not start yielding produce were exempted from tax assessment by the Janmis.

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

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 land owned by Naduvazhis was called ____.

1. Devaswam
2. Brahmaswam
3. Cherikkal
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 true but R is false.
4. A is false but R is true.

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

1. Naduvazhis
2. Ooralar
3. Brahmins

Q. Land surveys to assess tax conducted by the British in the princely states of Kochi were known as Kandezhuthu.

1. True
2. 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