History Practice Quiz 156
10 questions · 12 minutes
Q1.What did Thomas Munro and Captain Alexander Read believe about the existence of traditional zamindars in south India?
Q2.What was the term used in British revenue records for a revenue estate that may be a village or a group of villages?
Q3.Which presidency's North Western Provinces were the focus of Holt Mackenzie's new revenue system?
Q4.What problem did cultivators face under the zamindari system?
Q5.What happened to cultivators who failed to pay rent under the zamindari system?
Q6.What was a consequence of high revenue demands imposed by British officials?
Q7.By the late eighteenth century, which two crops did the British try to expand cultivation of?
Q8.In which region was jute cultivation expanded by the British?
Q9.In which region was tea cultivation expanded by the British?
Q10.In which region was sugarcane cultivation expanded by the British?