Diwan of Bengal

Q. What does the term 'Diwani' mean?

1. The right to encroach peasant lands.
2. The law against bonded slave labour.
3. The right to practice business in any jurisdiction of the empire.
4. The right to collect revenue and handle the administration of a region.

Q. Which Mughal emperor handed over the Diwani of Bengal to Robert Clive?

1. Jahandar Shah
2. Aurangzeb
3. Shah Alam
4. Jahangir

Q. The right to collect revenue and handle the administration of a region is called ______.

1. Zamindari
2. Mahalwari
3. Ryotwari
4. Diwani

Q. 10 million people were killed in the famine that struck Bengal in 1770.

1. True
2. False

Q. On 12 August 1765, the Mughal emperor Shah Alam appointed the _____ as the Diwan of Bengal.

1. Portugese
2. Dutch
3. East India Company
4. French

Q. How did the adoption of Diwani benefit the East India Company?

Q. What did the East India Company do in India?

1. It organised revenue resources.
2. It helped organise rebellions against oppressive monarchs.
3. It colonised the countryside.
4. It redefined the rights of people.

Q.

Fill in the blanks:

(a) The British described the tribal people as __________.

(b) The method of sowing seeds in jhum cultivation is known as ___________.

(c) The tribal chiefs got _________ titles in central India under the British land settlements.

(d) Tribals went to work in the ___________ of Assam and the __________ in Bihar.

Q. In 1770 CE, one-third of the population of Bengal was wiped out. What caused this?

1. Massacre by the British
2. Poisoned water supply
3. Famine
4. Plague

Q.

Did assumption of diwani benefit the East India company? if yes, why?

Q. Pick the places whose Diwani was granted to the East India Company in 1765.

1. Orissa
2. Bengal
3. Assam
4. Bihar

Q. How do we record an unrecorded asset in Revaluation Account?

1. Revaluation Account Dr. and Unrecorded Asset Account Cr
2. Unrecorded Asset Account Dr and Revaluation Account Cr.
3. No entry
4. None of the above

Q. A colonising country exploits the resources as well as the people of the subjugated country to promote it own interest. Do you think having control allows exploitation? Give reasons for your answer.