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प्रश्न
Answer in 100-150 words.
How Did the Paharias Respond to the Coming of Outsiders?
उत्तर
When outsiders arrived, the Paharias, a tribal group residing in the Rajmahal Hills (modern-day Jharkhand, India), reacted by isolating themselves and fighting. They lived a simple life, depending on hunting, gathering, and shifting cultivation.
- Avoiding Contact: The Paharias preferred living in hills and woodlands, avoiding close contact with other people.
- Raiding Plains: The Paharias raided plains villages and marketplaces as foreigners, including settlers, zamindars, and British officials, started to develop on their territory.
- Conflict with the British: The Paharias resisted the British attempts to increase revenue collection, which resulted in regular fights.
- Eventual Decline: Decline Over time, the British weakened the position of the Paharia by using military force and encouraging the Santals, another tribal group, to settle in Paharia territories.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Write a short essay (250-300 words) on the following:
Why were many zamindaris auctioned after the Permanent Settlement?
Which of the following statements related to Santhals is incorrect?
Which of the following were the features of the Permanent Settlement introduced in Bengal?
- Land revenue was fixed.
- Ownership of lands was non-transferable.
- Ryots were reduced to the status of tenants.
Select the correct answer.
Match the following.
| (i) | cutcheries | (a) | peasant |
| (ii) | Jumma | (b) | moneylender |
| (iii) | Sahukar | (c) | court |
| (iv) | ryot | (d) | assessment |
Choose the correct option.
When was the permanent settlement introduced in Bengal?
Consider the following options.
- The fifth report submitted to the British Parliament in 1813 AD.
- Jotedars were quite powerful.
- Santhals were a great danger to Paharis.
- No Zamindari was auctioned in Bengal.
Consider the following statements.
- Permanent settlement was introduced in 1793 AD.
- Jotedars were quite powerful.
- All the Zamindars paid their dues very easily.
- The ryots came to see the moneylenders as devious and deceitful.
Consider the following events:
- Introduction of Permanent settlement
- American Civil war
- Fifth report in the British Parliament
- Santhals arrived in the hilly area of Rajmahal
The correct Chronological order of these events is?
Critically analyse the Fifth Report which was submitted to the British Parliament in 1813.
Examine the policies adopted by the British towards Paharias during 18th century.
What was being auctioned in Burdwan in 1797?
Zamindars were responsible for ______.
Why couldn't ryots pay dues to the Zamindars?
When did the jotedars becomes powerful?
To save their property, whom did the zamindar transferred it to?
After acquiring the royal charter, the East India Company could:
Who was the ruler of England at the time when the East India Company got permission to trade with India?
Consider the following statements regarding the failure of revenue payment by zamindars:
I. Initially, the company made very high initial demand because if the demand was fixed for all time to come, the Company would never be able to claim a share of increased income from land when prices rose and cultivation expanded.
II. The high demand was imposed in the 1790s, a time when the prices of agricultural produce were depressed, making it difficult for the ryots to pay their dues to the zamindar.
III. The revenue was invariable, regardless of the harvest, and had to be paid punctually. In fact, according to the Sunset Law, if payment did not come in by sunset of the specified date, the zamindari was liable to be auctioned.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
Which among the following was the first province of India where colonial rule was established?
Match the following.
| List I | List II |
| A. Francis Buchanan | 1. Introduced Permanent Settlement |
| B. Charles Cornwallis | 2. Surveyed North Bengal |
| C. David Ricardo | 3. Land records management |
| D. Sidhu Manjhi | 4. Santhal revolt |
“The power of the Jotedars was more effective than that of the zamindars.” Justify the statement with suitable arguments.
Assertion (A): Zamindars defaulted on payments in the Permanent Settlement.
Reason (R): Prices of the agricultural produce were low.
With reference to the role of the British officers in India, match Column-B with column-A, by using the codes given below.
| Column-A | Column-B |
| A. Lord Cornwallis | 1. Observer |
| B. Augustus Cleveland | 2. Economist |
| C. Francis Buchanan | 3. Governor General of Benga |
| D. David Ricardo | 4. Policy of Pacification |
