3.List some of the crops the British forced Indian farmers to cultivate.-
4.Name the territories annexed through the Claim of Paramountcy
5.Mention any one reason the cultivators were reluctant to grow Indigo in the plantations.
6.What made the Ryots feel that the British government was sympathizing with their struggle?
7.Name the two main system of cultivating of Indigo.
8. What is common in the two prints—a Kalamkari print and a Morris cotton print?
9. Why did the 'Blue rebellion' break-out?
10.What were the findings of the Indigo Commission?
11 How did the East India Company establish trade in India and enter the political scene?
12 What were the disadvantages of permanent settlement?
13 What were the powers enjoyed by the Residents appointed by the Company?
14 What kind of treatment was given to the Indians who joined the British army?
15 Why were the farmers unwilling to cultivate under the ryoti system?
Answers
1: To collect higher revenue from the Indian Zamindars and peasants, British forced Indian farmers to grow commercial crops. Explanation: Cash crops or commercial crops like cotton, sugarcane, coffee, tea, jute, opium and indigo were highly in demand in Europe.
2: According to this policy, if an Indian ruler died without a male heir his kingdom would “lapse” and would become a part of the Company territory. Many kingdoms were annexed by using this doctrine, e.g. Satara (1848), Sambalpur (1850), Udaipur (1852), Nagpur (1853) and Jhansi (1854
3: The ryots were reluctant to grow indigo because the price they got for the indigo they produced was very low. The planters insisted that indigo be cultivated on the best soils in which peasants preferred to cultivate rice.
4: The indigo peasants thought that the British government might help them in their struggle against the indigo planters, and the British government was already worried about another rebellion breaking out in India (after the Revolt of 1857 that resulted in the deaths of many British and Indian men, women, and children).
5: Answer: There were two main systems of indigo cultivation– Nij system of cultivation and Ryoti system of cultivation
6: There is one commom in the two prints: both use a rich blue colour commonly known as indigo.
7:
In March 1859, thousands of ryots in Bengal refused to grow indigo and protested violently against indigo planters; many farmers declared that they would rather beg than grow indigo for the C
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Answer:
3) indigo, sugar ,opium