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1. 1.

   Fill in the blanks:

   1. The _____________ famine of 1770 was one of the most terrible famines in human history.
   2. A large share of revenue collected by the Company in India had to be paid to the British government as _____________.
   3. Under the Mahalwari system the revenue settlement was made with the _____________.
   4. To eliminate competition from India's traditional industries, the British transformed India into a _____________ and a _____________.
   5. Before the advent of the British the Indian craftspeople operated at two levels the _____________ and the _____________ levels.
   6. Before the advent of the British the Indian textile industry was the _____________ and the _____________ in the world.
   7. After the Battle of Plassey the Company used its political power to ______________ the Indian handicraft industry and _____________ British industries.
   8. With the spread of the industrial Revolution in England, indian markets were flooded with ______________, ______________ of British mills.
   9. By 1850, India became a major ______________ of ______________ textile.
   10. ______________ introduced the railway system in India in 1853.
   11. The Grand Trunk Road from ______________ to ______________ was constructed by the British in the 19th century.
2. 2.

   Match the following:

   A	B
   1. Permanent Settlement	(a) encouraged education of Indians
   2. Shipbuilding industry	(b) Lord Dalhousie
   3. Lord Macaulay	(c) Fixed revenue
   4. Charter Act of 1813	(d) Anglicist
   5. Transport and communication development	(e) Vishakhapatnam

    

3. 3.

   Choose the correct answer:

   1. The Treaty of Allahabad/ Madras/ Benaras granted the English East India Company the right to collect revenue from Bihar, Bengal and Orissa.
   2. To remove the defects of the revenue system Lord Cornwalis introduced the Permanent Settlement/ Ryotwari system/ Mahalwari system in 1793.
   3. The Ryotwari system of revenue collection was introduced in Madras/ Calcutta/ Bombay presidency.
   4. The Charter Act of 1813 directed the Company to spend 1/ 10/ 15 lakh rupees on the education of Indians.
   5. The first railway line was from Bombay to Poona/ Thane/ Calcutta.
4. 4.

   State whether the following are true or false:

   1. Before the advent of the British more than 95 per cent of Indians lived in villages.
   2. The Indian peasants were satisfied with the Company's revenue collection methods.
   3. The Permanent Settlement assured the Company a fixed revenue at a fixed time even natural calamities.
   4. Lord Macaulay insisted that Western education should be imparted through vernacular languages.
   5. The development of transport and communication systems did not benefit Indians in any way.
5. 5.

   Why did the Indian peasants begin to grow cash crops?

6. 6.

   How did the Company utilize the revenues from Bengal?