NCERT Quiz12 .12.2020

Consider the following statements:

1) Rotation of earth causes days and nights.

2) Revolution of earth causes seasons.

3) Revolution of the earth on a tilted axis causes changes in day & night time in different seasons.

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Which of the following statements are correct:

1) The first English factory was set up on the banks of the river Hugli in 1651

2) ‘Factors’ was a term which used to denote labourers of East India Company

3) Aurangzeb’s farman granted duty free trade to company officials who were carrying on private trade

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In 1782, the Treaty of Salbai was signed by:

Which of the following statements are correct regarding Permanent Settlement System:

1) Permanent Settlement System was introduced by Lord Cornwallis

2) Permanent Settlement System had no intention to improve productivity of agricultural land

3) Under the system, the revenue to be paid by zamindar to East India Company was not fixed

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With regard to Indigo cultivation, consider the following statements:

1) Indigo grows primarily in the tropical regions

2) Nij and Ryoti were two main systems of indigo cultivation

3) Indigo tends to make soil infertile

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