4.6 Rise of Landless agrarian labourers

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PYQs

1. In British India "the impact of the government on the people meant essentially the impact of government on the village." [1984, 20m]

• Impact of revenue reforms on Rural society
• Rajat and Ratnalekha Ray - revenue collecting right of Z
• Rise of Landless agrarian labourers

1. "The impact of government on the people meant essentially the impact of government on the village." Comment. [1988, 20m]

• Impact of revenue reforms on Rural society
• Rajat and Ratnalekha Ray - revenue collecting right of Z
• Rise of Landless agrarian labourers

1. The changing life in Indian village marked best the impact of the British administration on the Indian people. Explain, identifying the process and the extent of the change. [1996, 60m]

• Impact of revenue reforms on Rural society
• Rajat and Ratnalekha Ray - revenue collecting right of Z
• Rise of Landless agrarian labourers

1. The Indian Middle Class firmly believed that "Britain had imposed a colonial economy on India which had impoverished the country." Comment. [1999, 20m]

• Impact of revenue reforms on Rural society
• Rajat and Ratnalekha Ray - revenue collecting right of Z
• Rise of Landless agrarian labourers

1. "The impact of government on the people meant essentially the impact of government on the village." Comment. [2005, 20m]

• Impact of revenue reforms on Rural society
• Rajat and Ratnalekha Ray - revenue collecting right of Z
• Rise of Landless agrarian labourers

1. "So Long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who having been educated at their expense, pay not the least need to them." Comment. [2006, 20m]

• Impact of revenue reforms on Rural society
• Rajat and Ratnalekha Ray - revenue collecting right of Z
• Rise of Landless agrarian labourers

1. "A self-sufficient village, based on agriculture carried on with the primitive plough and bullock power, and handicraft by means of simple instruments, was a basic feature of pre- British Indian economy." Comment. [2006, 20m]

• Commercialization of Agriculture
• Rise of Landless agrarian labourers
• Impoverishment of Rural Society