Indigo Cultivation

Q.

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

Q.

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

Q. What were the systems adopted by the British to control indigo cultivation?

1. Ryoti system
2. Zamindari system
3. Nij system
4. Mahalwari system

Q. What was the alternative used in Europe instead of the cultivation of indigo ?

1. Cotton
2. Silk
3. Woad
4. None of the above

Q.

Why were Ryots reluctant to grow indigo?

Q. Which of the following were methods of Indigo cultivation?

1. Nij
2. Taluqdar
3. Mahalwari
4. Ryoti

Q. Planters forced ryots to grow indigo on the fertile soil where they used to cultivate rice.

1. True
2. False

Q. Choose the cash crops that were needed in Europe in the late 18th century CE.

1. Rice
2. Jute
3. Tea
4. Wool
5. Sugarcane
6. Wheat
7. Maize
8. Barley

Q. What does the term "ryoti" mean ?

1. Zamindar
2. Cultivation of plants on a ryot's (peasant's) land
3. Raja
4. Peasant

Q. In 1788, only 30 percent of all Indian indigo produced was imported to Britain.

1. False
2. True

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

1. Flying shuttle
2. Spinning Jenny
3. Sewing machine
4. Synthetic dye

Q.

write 5 difference between nij and ryot system ?

Q. During the 18th Century CE, French planters produced indigo and sugar in the French colony of in the Caribbean Islands.

1. Martinique
2. Dominica
3. Saint-Domingue
4. St. Lucia

Q. How did Ryoti system of indigo cultivation help the planters overcome the difficulties of nij cultivation