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NCERT Class 8 History Chapter 3 Ruling the Countryside Test Mock Test

This free online test covers Chapter 3, Ruling the Countryside, from the NCERT Class 8 Our-Pasts-III textbook. The 29 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.

Duration

29 mins

Questions

29 MCQs

Total Marks

29 pts

Negative

0 per wrong

Topics Covered in This Paper

History
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Sample Questions

Q1.What did the East India Company become when the Mughal emperor appointed it Diwan of Bengal on 12 August 1765?

  • AThe chief financial administrator of the territory under its control
  • BThe commander of the Mughal army in eastern India
  • CThe owner of all land in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
  • DThe judge of all civil disputes in the province

Q2.How did the Diwani change the way the Company paid for the Indian goods it exported?

  • AThe Company began paying Indian weavers in British woollen cloth
  • BThe Mughal emperor paid for the goods as part of the Diwani grant
  • CIndian bankers were made to advance the money against future revenue
  • DRevenue collected in Bengal now financed the purchases, instead of gold and silver imported from Britain

Q3.Which of these signs of crisis in the Bengal economy does the chapter describe?

  • AArtisans deserting villages because they were forced to sell their goods to the Company at low prices
  • BZamindars migrating to Calcutta to take up Company jobs
  • CMerchants refusing to bring goods to the weekly haats
  • DMoneylenders refusing to lend to cultivators at any rate of interest

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