British Policies and Its Economic Impact in India Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

Question 1. Who is known as the ‘Champion of the irrigation system’ in South India? [UKPSC 2016]

(a) Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton
(b) Colonel Baird Smith
(c) Lieutenant Blen
(d) Colonel Robert Smith

Answer : a

Question 2. The tendency for increased irrigation was visible after the introduction of land settlement system of Lord Cornwallis in 1793. The reason for this normally traced to which of the following provisions? [IAS (Pre) 2011]

(a) Making Zamindar’s position stronger vis-a-vis the ryot.
(b) Making East India Company an overlord of Zamindars.
(c) Making Judicial system more efficient.
(d) None of the (a), (b) and (c) above

Answer : d

Question 3. Which of the following was not one of the important results of British land revenue systems?

(a) Creation of a class of landholders.
(b) It suddenly gave boost to agricultural production.
(c) Cultivators got security rights.
(d) It deprived the traditional landed class of its control over land.

Answer : b

Question 4. Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) The British Government introduced different land revenue system in different part of India.
Reason (R) It led to creation of different classes in Indian peasantry.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below. [UPPSC 2020]

Codes

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : a

Question 5. Who among the following introduced the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in 1793? [NDA 2018]

(a) Lord Cornwallis
(b) Lord Ripon
(c) Robert Clive
(d) John Adam

Answer : a

Question 6. When and where did Permanent Settlement introduced? [UPPSC (Mains) 2010]

(a) 1787 (Bengal, Punjab, Karnataka)
(b) 1789 (Bengal, Orissa, Calcutta)
(c) 1790 (Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow)
(d) 1793 (Bengal, Orissa, Bihar)

Answer : d

Question 7. Permanent Settlement was a feature of

(a) Zamindari System [WBCS 2008]
(b) Ryotwari System
(c) Mahalwari System
(d) None of the above

Answer : a

Question 8. Under the Permanent Settlement, 1793, the Zamindars were allowed to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued by many Zamindars. The reason was

(a) the Zamindars were trusted by the farmers.
(b) there was no official check upon the Zamindars.
(c) it was the responsibility of the British government.
(d) the farmers were not interested in getting pattas.

Answer : b

Question 9. What was the consequence of Permanent Settlement on rural society in Bengal? [NDA 2020]

(a) The Zamindars invested capital and enterprise to improve agriculture along lines of British Yeoman famers.
(b) A group of rich peasants known as jotedars succeeded in consolidating their position in the villages.
(c) The ryots prospered as a result of fixed revenue levy imposed on them.
(d) The system of Collectorate introduced by the Company for exercising supervisory control on Zamindars failed to take off.

Answer : b

Question 10. Which of the following features of the Permanent Settlement of 1793 is/are correct? [NDA 2015]

I. The Permanent Settlement vested land ownership rights in the peasants.
II. The Permanent Settlement vested land ownership rights in the Zamindars.
III. The Zamindars had to pay a fixed amount of rent by a particular date.
IV. The Zamindars benefitted hugely from the Permanent Settlement while the peasants suffered.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) Only I
(b) II and III
(c) Only IV
(d) I, II and III

Answer : b

Question 11. Consider the following statements about the Permanent Settlement introduced by the East India Company’s government in 1793.

I. Under the settlement the Zamindars were granted heredity rights over land on the condition that they would pay fixed amount of revenue to the state.
II. The Permanent Settlement was first introduced in Bengal and Bihar.
III. It was later extended to Orissa, the Northern District of Madras.
IV. Thomas Munro was the architect of the Permanent Settlement.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) I, II, III and IV
(b) I, II and III
(c) I and II
(d) I, III and IV

Answer : b

Question 12. Statement I The Permanent Settlement was rarely extended to any region beyond Bengal.
Statement II After 1810, the agricultural prices declined affecting adversely the income of the Bengal Zamindars. [Astt. Comm. 2018]

Codes

(a) Both the statements are individually true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I.
(b) Both the statements are individually true, but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I.
(c) Statement I is true, but statement II is false.
(d) Statement I is false, but statement II is true.

Answer : d

Question 13. The system under which the peasant himself owns the land and is responsible for payment of land revenue to the Government is known as [BPSC 2019]

(a) Zamindari System
(b) Ryotwari System
(c) Mahalwari System
(d) Dahsala System

Answer : b

Question 14. The Ryotwari experiment in land revenue was started by [CDS 2017]

(a) Henry Dundas
(b) Alexander Reed
(c) David Ricardo
(d) Mountstuart Elphinstone

Answer : b

Question 15. Who was associated with Ryotwari settlement of Madras? [UPPSC 2008]

(a) Malcom
(b) Metcalfe
(c) Munro
(d) Elphinstone

Answer : c

Question 16. Ryotwari settlement was prevalent during British rule in [UPPSC 2014]

(a) Northern India
(b) Eastern India
(c) Western India
(d) Southern India

Answer : d

Question 17. Who among the following was/were associated with the introduction of Ryotwari Settlement in India during the British rule? [IAS (Pre) 2017]

I. Lord Cornwallis
II. Alexander Read
III. Thomas Munro

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

(a) Only I
(b) I and III
(c) II and III
(d) I, II and III

Answer : c

Question 18. Which of the following statements above Ryotwari settlement is/are correct? [CDS 2010]

I. It recognised the cultivators as the owner of land.
II. It was a temporary settlement.
III. It was introduced later than the permanent settlement.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) I and II
(b) I, II and III
(c) Only I
(d) II and III

Answer : b

Question 19. In the Ryotwari areas of British India, the money-lenders fleeced and exploited the peasantry and usurped their lands because

(a) the usurious rate of interest charged by the moneylenders made the peasants helpless.
(b) they got thumb impressions of the debtors on blank papers.
(c) they obtained mortgage of the lands against the loans advanced by them.
(d) All of the above

Answer : c

Question 20. With reference to Ryotwari settlement, Consider the following statements.

I. The rent was paid directly by the peasants to the government.
II. The government gave pattas to the Ryots.
III. The lands were surveyed and assessed before being taxed.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS (Pre) 2012]

(a) I only
(b) I and II only
(c) I, II and III
(d) None of these

Answer : c

Question 21. Who is known as the father of land revenue related ‘Mahalwari Settlement’? [UPPSC 2004]

(a) Holt Mackenzie
(b) Captain Reed
(c) Sir Thomas Munro
(d) John Shore

Answer : a

Question 22. The areas where the Mahalwari settlement were prevalent?

(a) Uttar pradesh
(b) Central Province
(c) Punjab Province
(d) All of the above

Answer : d

Question 23. Which of the following statements about Mahalwari system is not correct?

(a) Under the Mahalwari system there were no middlemen for the payment of land revenue.
(b) Village system was based an collection of individual land-revenue demand from owners.
(c) Mahalwari system created landholdings under cultivating class.
(d) This system had the highest revenue demand among all system prevalent in India.

Answer : c

Question 24. Which one of the following statements about land tenure system is not correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]

(a) During the British rule in India three categories of land tenure system, viz. Zamindari, Mahalwari and Ryotwari were introduced.
(b) Under Zamindari system, land was held by one person or at the most by a few joint owners who were responsible for the payment of land revenue.
(c) Under the Mahalwari system, the agricultural lands belonged to the government.
(d) Under Ryotwari system, the individual holders had the permanent right over land and were directly responsible for payment of land revenue.

Answer : c

Question 25. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

(a) The first strike organised by Indian working class in 1899.
(b) British government announced special order of knighthood to Indian princes in 1861.
(c) East India Company set up first indigo plantation in 1770.
(d) All of the above

Answer : d

Question 26. Which of the following is wrongly matched?

(a) The Pitt’s India Act (1784) – Board of control to guide and control company’s affairs
(b) Charter Act of 1813 – Company’s monopoly of trade with India ended
(c) Charter Act of 1833 – Company’s debt taken over by the Government of India
(d) Charter Act of 1853 – To regulate company’s affairs

Answer : d

Question 27. The Tinkathiya system refers to as

(a) Champaran tenant was bound by law to plant three out of every parts of their land.
(b) Champaran tenant was bound by law to plant three out of every twenty parts of/ their land.
(c) Champaran tenant was bound by law to plant three out of every kattha of their land.
(d) Champaran tenant was bound by law to plant three crops on the every parts of their land.

Answer : b

Question 28. Tinkathia system is related to which type of crop cultivation and at which place? [UPPSC 2015]

(a) Gorakhpur-Opium
(b) Begusarai-Paddy
(c) Champaran-Neel (Indigo)
(d) Burdwan-Paddy

Answer : c

Question 29. ‘Dubla Hali’ system was practised in which region of India?

(a) Surat (Gujarat)
(b) Munger (Bihar)
(c) Midnapore (West Bengal)
(d) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)

Answer : a

Question 30. Consider the following statements.

I. Under ‘Tinkathia system’ the peasants were forced to cultivate three Kattha indigo out of every 20 Kattha of land.
II. Raj Kumar Shukla was the prominent person to raise the voice against ‘Tinkathia system’.

Which of the above mentioned statement is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 31. Consider the following statements.

I. The famine of 1876-78 in Madras, Mysore, Hyderabad, Maharashtra, Western Uttar Pradesh and Punjab is considered to be the worst famine in Indian history.
II. The Dadni merchants constituted the core of the rising middle class in India before Battle of Plassey.
III. The INC adopted a resolution criticising the Drain of Wealth from India in its Annual session held in Calcutta (1896).

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) I and III
(d) All of these

Answer : d

Question 32. The first tea garden in India was set up in 1835 in

(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Assam
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala

Answer : b

Question 33. The first tea company in Assam was established in which of the following year? [UPRO/ARO (Pre) 2016]

(a) 1835
(b) 1837
(c) 1839
(d) 1841

Answer : c

Question 34. What was the main reason behind the decline of indigo industry in 20th century?

(a) It was less profitable.
(b) Production of synthetic indigo.
(c) British government closed the factories.
(d) None of the above

Answer : b

Question 35. Why did the East India Company encourage the other European Companies to trade only in tea and opium?

(a) The export of tea would enrich the British tea planters in India.
(b) The export of opium would bring return in the form of Chinese silver.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) India had enough surplus of both these commodities.

Answer : c

Question 36. Where was the first coffee garden planted by the Britishers?

(a) Chikmagalur
(b) Coorg
(c) Nilgiri
(d) Wayanad

Answer : a

Question 37. Which was organised for the development of agriculture in 1906?

(a) Indian Agricultural Service
(b) All India Agricultural Board
(c) Famine Commission
(d) Provincial Agricultural Commission

Answer : a

Question 38. Commercialisation of agriculture led to further growth of rural poverty because the peasant [NDA 2012]

(a) got unremunerative prices for his produce.
(b) was exploited by the merchants and other middlemen.
(c) had to accept fixed prices for his produce.
(d) was left with no money to buy foodgrains during famines and other natural calamities.

Answer : b

Question 39. Economically, one of the result of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the [IAS (Pre) 2018]

(a) increase in the exports of Indian handicrafts.
(b) growth in the number of Indian owned factories.
(c) commercialisation of India agriculture.
(d) rapid increase in urban population.

Answer : c

Question 40. What is the period of ‘first phase’ or ‘Mercantile phase’ of British colonialism?

(a) 1757-1813
(b) 1813-1860
(c) 1713-1764
(d) 1885-1905

Answer : a

Question 41. When was the trade monopoly of East India Company ended? [MPPSC 2004]

(a) 1784
(b) 1813
(c) 1885
(d) 1909

Answer : b

Question 42. In the nineteenth century, India was converted into ‘a classic colony’ by converting her as

(a) a procedure of raw material to fused British industries.
(b) an importer and absorber of British industrially manufactured goods.
(c) a fertile ground for British capital investment.
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer : d

Question 43. Which one of the following was not a result of British Colonial rule in India?

(a) Ruin of Indian agriculture [CDS 2010]
(b) Ruin of Indian industries
(c) Ruin of Indian trade
(d) Ruin of Indian feudalism

Answer : d

Question 44. The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were [IAS (Pre) 2018]

(a) raw cotton oilseeds and opium.
(b) sugar, salt, zinc and lead.
(c) copper, silver, gold, spices and tea.
(d) cotton, silk, salt, petre and opium.

Answer : d

Question 45. Which one of the following statements about the Colonial economy is not correct? [Astt. Comm. 2017]

(a) The British presence inhibited indigenous capitalism.
(b) Laissez-faire actively promoted indigenous capitalism.
(c) The ‘white collective monopoly’ came earliest and remained most pronounced in Eastern India.
(d) The Bombay Hinterland was difficult to penetrate before the construction of railways.

Answer : b

Question 46. Consider the following statements in the context of de-industrialisation.

I. It was started in 1813.
II. Ending of trade monopoly of East India Company have speed up this process.

Choose the correct code given below.

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 47. At which place did Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar set up its first cotton mill in 1853?

(a) Bombay
(b) Allahabad
(c) Ahmedabad
(d) Surat

Answer : a

Question 48. The only European country which did not prohibit or impose heavy duties on the import of Indian cotton goods was

(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Holland
(d) Italy

Answer : c

Question 49. The cause of decline of textile industries in 18th century in Bengal was [BPSC 2004]

(a) decline in quality of production.
(b) non-availability of raw material.
(c) high tariff rates on exports to Britain.
(d) non-availability of craftsmen.

Answer : c

Question 50. Consider the following statements.

I. One significant development in the second half of the 19th century was establishment of large scale machine based industries in India. II. The first textile mill was started in Bombay by Cowasjee Nanabhoy in 1863 and the first jute mill in Sirsha (Bengal) in 1865.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : a

Question 51. The development of railways was started in the reign of which Governor General?

(a) Lord Canning
(b) Lord Dalhousie
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Lord Minto

Answer : b

Question 52. Which thinker has told the railway system of India as the “forerunner of modern Industry”? [CGPSC 2006]

(a) Napolean
(b) Karl Marx
(c) William Ford
(d) Max Weber

Answer : b

Question 53. Lord Dalhousie planned for the construction of a network of railways in India in order to

(a) easily procure and export raw material for the interest of India for export.
(b) provide a profitable channel of investment for British capital.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) provide cheap and easy means of transport in India.

Answer : c

Question 54. The British introduced the railways in India in order to [SSC 2009]

(a) promote heavy industries in India
(b) facilitate British Commerce and Administrative control.
(c) move foodstuff in case of famine.
(d) enable Indians to move freely within the country.

Answer : b

Question 55. The first railway line of India was operationalised in 1853 between [WBCS 2017]

(a) Howrah and Delhi
(b) Bombay and Thane
(c) Howrah and Bombay
(d) None of the above

Answer : b

Question 56. First railway line was started in West Bengal between [WBCS 2019]

(a) Howrah to Hooghly
(b) Howrah to Raniganj
(c) Howrah to Burdwan
(d) Sealdah to Naihati

Answer : a

Question 57. Which one of the following was not a feature of railways in colonial India? [NDA 2017]

(a) The main purpose of the setting up of railways in India was to serve the interest of the empire.
(b) British capital investments were invited with 15% guaranteed interest to be paid if necessary from Indian revenues.
(c) The construction work disturbed ecology.
(d) The construction of the railways was planned in such a way that it connected the internal markets with the parts, but provided no interconnection between internal market cities.

Answer : c

Question 58. The term ‘imperial preference’ was applied to the [IAS (Pre) 1999]

(a) special privileges on British imports in India.
(b) racial discrimination by the Britishers.
(c) subordination of Indian interest to that of the British.
(d) preference given to British political agents over Indian Princes.

Answer : a

Question 59. There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of [IAS (Pre) 1996]

(a) absence of heavy industries.
(b) scarcity of foreign capital.
(c) scarcity of natural resources.
(d) preference of the rich to invest in land.

Answer : a

Question 60. Prior to 1813, which among the following measures, was not adopted by the British to exploit the Indians economically? [CDS 2010]

(a) Monopolising the trade of raw goods wherever possible and selling them at high rates.
(b) Forcing Indian craftsman to produce quality products in fixed quantity and at fixed price.
(c) Free trade policy.
(d) Elimination of Indian traders from competition by every means.

Answer : c

Question 61. Which of the following statements correctly explains the impact of Industrial revolution on India during the first half of the nineteenth century? [IAS (Pre) 2020]

(a) Indian handicrafts were ruined.
(b) Machines were introduced in the Indian textile industry in large numbers.
(c) Railway lines were laid in many parts of the country.
(d) Heavy duties were imposed on the imports of British manufactures.

Answer : a

Question 62. Which one of the following observations about India, during 18th century is incorrect?

(a) In this period, India’s industrial and agricultural products had a steady market outside the country.
(b) While sea trade was expanded, overland trade through Afghanistan and Persia was disrupted.
(c) Constant warfare and disruption of law and order in many areas harmed the country’s internal trade.
(d) From 1757 began the special phase of company’s trade of Bengal which was called by RP Dutt as period of industrial capital.

Answer : d

Question 63. Which one of the following commercial centres declined after mid-eighteenth century? [Astt. Comm. 2018]

(a) Calcutta
(b) Madras
(c) Dhaka
(d) Bombay

Answer : c

Question 64. British colonialism in India saw the emergence of new cities. Calcutta, now Kolkata, was one of the first cities. Which of the following villages were amalgamated to form the city of Calcutta? [CDS 2013]

(a) Midnapore, Chittagong, Burdwan
(b) 24-Parganas, Kalikata, Thakurgaon
(c) Sutanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur
(d) Midnapore, Thakurgaon, Gobindapur

Answer : c

Question 65. Silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world. Which one among the following is not true of silk routes?

(a) Historians have identified several silk routes over land and by sea.
(b) Silk routes have linked Asia with Europe and Northern Africa.
(c) Silk routes existed before the Christian era and thrived almost up to fifteenth century.
(d) As a result of silk route trade, precious metals like gold and silver, flowed from Asia to Europe.

Answer : c

Question 66. How did the industrial revolution in England affect the British Company’s relations with India?

(a) The company stopped exports from India to Britain as all raw materials were now mined and produced in Britain.
(b) The Indian goods were inferior in quality to the mill-manufactured goods and did not have much patronage in the local market.
(c) British goods in Indian became extremely cheap.
(d) The company began to export raw materials from India instead of the finished goods as was done earlier.

Answer : d

Question 67. The main emphasis of the administrative machinery of the British government in India during 1757-1857 was placed on the maintenance of Law and Order. By this, the British desired to

(a) carry on their profitable trade and to collect taxes for remission to England.
(b) trade with India and to exploit Indian resources without any disturbance.
(c) send a message to the Indian masses that the British rule is peaceful and just.
(d) make innovations in the administration to meet.

Answer : a

Question 68. Statement I The private trade of the East India Company’s officials in the 18th century had flowered with the indirect patronage of the authorities of the Company.
Statement II The extra-legal power enjoyed by the foreign, merchants and the duty-free nature of their private trade virtually edged the indigenous merchants out of competition. [NDA 2011]

Codes

(a) Both statements I and II are true and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I
(b) Both statements I and II are true but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I
(c) Statement I is true but statement II is false
(d) Statement I is false but statement II is true

Answer : a

Question 69. Consider the following statements.

I. In 1813, the East India Company Charter was renewed for twenty-years.
II. The long-standing ban prohibition on missionaries was removed and the British officers allowed a rapid penetration of Christian missionary organisations into company territory.
III. An annual £ 10000 expenditure of government funds for education was allotted within the new Charter of East India Company in 1813.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

(a) I and II
(b) II and III
(c) Only III
(d) I, II and III

Answer : d

Question 70. Which, among the following, is/are the impact/impacts of industrial revolution in England? [NDA 2011]

I. Cottage industry was replaced by the factory system of production using machines.
II. It led to the overpopulation of villages. III. It led to the emergence of working class movements.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) I, II and III
(b) I and III
(c) Only I
(d) II and III

Answer : b

Question 71. Consider the following statements.

I. Economic affairs did not dominate civil life in India in the eighteenth century.
II. Indian mercantile community showcased great spirit of enterprise.
III. Dadani system was prevalent in India-like medieval European industrial organisation.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

(a) I and III
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) I, II and III

Answer : a

Question 72. Assertion (A) Within half a century of the Battle of Plassey, the phenomenal prosperity of Bengal suffered a serious set-back.
Reason (R) The manufacture of cotton goods the most important item of export from India, enormously increased in other parts of India, while it declined in Bengal. [CDS 2005]

Codes

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : a

Question 73. With reference to ‘deindustrialization’ which of the following statements is/are correct?

I. This process started in 1813.
II. Abolition of monopoly trade rights of East India Company aggravated the process.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below. [UPPSC (Mains) 2017]

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 74. Who among the following Indian freedom fighters made an attempt to estimate the Per Capita Income of India? [CDS 2008]

(a) Gopal Krishna Gokhle
(b) Feroz Shah Mehta
(c) Surendranath Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer : d

Question 75. Who is the exponent of the theory of economic drain of India during the British rule? [UPPSC 2004]

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) MN Roy
(c) Jai Prakash Narayan
(d) Ram Manohar Lohiya

Answer : a

Question 76. Who remarked in 1834 that “the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India”?

(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) William Bentinck
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) RC Dutt

Answer : b

Question 77. Who among the following leaders did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji? [IAS (Pre) 1996]

(a) BG Tilak
(b) RC Dutt
(c) MG Ranada
(d) Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Answer : d

Question 78. Which of the following did not form part of the so called ‘Home Charges’ in British India?

(a) Interest on public debt.
(b) Charges for civil administration.
(c) Guaranteed interest on railways.
(d) Payment of dividends to the shareholders.

Answer : b

Question 79. Who of the following was/were economic critic/critics of colonialism in India? [IAS (Pre) 2015]

I. Dadabhai Naoroji
II. G Subramania Iyer
III. RC Dutt

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) Only I
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) I, II and III

Answer : d

Question 80. Statement I Dadabhai Naoroji argued that what was being drained out was ‘potential surplus’ that could generate more economic development in India if invested in India.
Statement II Imperialists believed that India was brought into the large capitalist world market and that was in itself a progress towards modernisation. [Astt. Comm. 2017]

Codes

(a) Both statements I and II are true, and statement II is the correct explanation of statement I
(b) Both statements I and II are true, but statement II is not the correct explanation of statement I
(c) Statement I is true, but statement II is false
(d) Statement I is false, but statement II is true

Answer : c

Question 81. Consider the following statements and select the correct answer from the codes given below the statements. [UPPSC 2017]

Assertion (A) Generally, India had a favourable balance of trade during the British rule.
Reason (R) The drain of wealth took the from of unrequited exports.

Codes

(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true

Answer : a

Question 82. Consider the following events during the British rule.
I. Plundering of begums of Awadh.
II. The Permanent Settlement system in Bengal.
III. Beginning of the dual government in Bengal.
IV. Beginning of drain of wealth from India.

Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the above given events?

(a) IV, III, I, II
(b) IV, III, II, I
(c) III, IV, II, I
(d) III, IV, I, II

Answer : a

Question 83. With reference to the period of colonial rule in India, ‘Home Charges’ formed an important part of drain of wealth from India. Which of the following funds constituted Home Charges? [IAS 2011]

I. Funds used to support the India Office in London.
II. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India.
III. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

(a) Only I
(b) I and II
(c) II and III
(d) All of the above

Answer : d

Question 84. Which of the following statements about town planning in British India in early 19th century is/are correct? [Astt. Comm. 2018]

I. The funds for town improvement were also raised through public lotteries.
II. The threats of epidemics gave an impetus to town planning in the early decades of 19th century.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

(a) Only I
(b) Only II
(c) Both I and II
(d) Neither I nor II

Answer : c

Question 85. A famine of the nineteenth century, which has been described as the ‘Sea of Calamity’ was the famine in

(a) Rajputana, 1868-69
(b) Madras Presidency, 1866-67
(c) Orissa, 1866-67
(d) Bengal, 1860-61

Answer : c

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