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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
201	Who were the jotedars of rural Bengal?	History Permanent Settlement in Bengal	Medium
202	Which of these was NOT a reason for zamindars failing to pay revenue under the Permanent Settlement?	History Permanent Settlement in Bengal	Medium
203	When the Raja of Burdwan's estates were auctioned in 1797, many buyers turned out to be his own servants and …	History Permanent Settlement in Bengal	Hard
204	Which group lived around the Rajmahal hills, practised shifting cultivation and collected forest produce?	History Paharias and Santhals	Easy
205	The area demarcated for the Santhals by 1832 was known as:	History Paharias and Santhals	Easy
206	Why did the British prefer the Santhals over the Paharias as settlers in the Rajmahal area?	History Paharias and Santhals	Medium
207	The conflict between Paharias and Santhals is often described as one between the hoe and the plough. What doe…	History Paharias and Santhals	Medium
208	The Santhals, once welcomed by the British, rebelled in 1855–56. Which combination of causes best explains th…	History Paharias and Santhals	Hard
209	Where did the Deccan Riots of 1875 begin?	History Deccan Riots	Easy
210	Against whom was the anger of the ryots mainly directed in the Deccan Riots?	History Deccan Riots	Easy
211	Why did the American Civil War (from 1861) lead to a cotton boom in the Bombay Deccan?	History Deccan Riots	Medium
212	Under the Limitation Law of 1859, loan bonds were valid for:	History Deccan Riots	Medium
213	A ryot in the Deccan around 1870 complains that he signed new bonds repeatedly and his debt kept growing thou…	History Deccan Riots	Hard
214	The Fifth Report was submitted to the British Parliament in:	History Official reports as sources	Easy
215	The Fifth Report mainly dealt with:	History Official reports as sources	Easy
216	Why was the Fifth Report prepared at that particular time?	History Official reports as sources	Medium
217	Historians argue that the Fifth Report exaggerated the collapse of zamindari power in Bengal. What lesson doe…	History Official reports as sources	Medium
218	A historian uses the Deccan Riots Commission report to study peasant grievances. What is the most important p…	History Official reports as sources	Hard
219	Where did the sepoy mutiny of May 1857 first break out on a large scale?	History Pattern of the rebellion	Easy
220	Whom did the rebel sepoys proclaim as their leader in Delhi?	History Pattern of the rebellion	Easy