Economic Impact of British Rule in India

Q. When was Permanent Settlement established in India?

1. 1792
2. 1793
3. 1794
4. 1795

Q. When did the British introduce the Indentured Labour System in India?

1. 1846
2. 1921
3. 1843
4. 1920

Q.

What is a Munro system?

Q. How is the Ryotwari System different from the Zamindari System?
Ryotwari System - RS
Zamindari System - ZS

1. In the RS, the government directly dealt with the peasant without the intervention of a middle man.
2. In the ZS, the government directly collected taxes from the peasant.
3. In the RS, the people could own the land as long as they paid land revenue for it.
4. The RS introduced the concept of private property.

Q. How much money did Robert Clive make after the Battle of Plassey?

1. 27, 900 pounds
2. 31, 500 pounds
3. 45, 100 pounds
4. 50, 000 pounds

Q. The system of Permanent settlement introduced by Lord Cornwallis in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa is known as thesystem.

1. Iqtadari
2. Zamindari
3. Ryotwari

Q. Assertion [A]: In the Madras Presidency, the famine of 1876-78 was preceded by droughts.

Reason [R]: This was because of the colonial government’s policy of Laissez-Faire in the trade of food-grains.

1. [A] and [R] are true but [R] is not the correct justification for [A].
2. [A] and [R] are false.
3. [A] and [R] are true and [R] is the correct justification for [A].
4. [A] is true but [R] is false.

Q. Instead of food andcrops, Indian peasants during British rule began growingcrops in hopes of clearing their debts and paying their taxes.

1. Kahrif
2. sustenance
3. cash
4. Rabi

Q.

Which country suffered the worst recorded famine in world history?

1. Ghana

2. China

3. India

4. United States of America

Q. When did the Great Famine end?

1. 1876
2. 1877
3. 1878
4. 1879

Q. Substantiate how British rule created famines in India and its effects.

Q. 'X' was an engineer and a civil servant. 'X' also served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council. 'X' decided to divert the west-flowing Periyar river draining into the Arabian Sea to the east so that it could irrigate lakhs of acres of dry land dependent on the Vaigai river. Identify 'X'.

1. Lord Wenlock
2. Robert Clive
3. Arthur Cotton
4. Colonel Pennycuick

Q. Under the Ryotwari system, who was the owner of the lands?

1. Zamindar
2. King
3. Peasant
4. Governor

Q. Read the following statements and select the appropriate option:

Statement 1 (S1): There was a shortage of food crops in India.
Statement 2 (S2): Farmers turned to commercialised agriculture.

1. Both S1 and S2 are true but the two statements are unrelated.
2. S1 is true but S2 is not true.
3. Both S1 and S2 are true and S1 is a result of S2.
4. Both S1 and S2 are true and S2 is a result of S1.

Q. Indentured labour system was a form of _______ .

1. contract labour system
2. slavery
3. debt bondage
4. serfdom

Q. Many of the indentured labourers were taken to foreign colonies of the British. Which of the following is not such a colony?

1. Ceylon
2. Trinidad
3. Natal
4. Ganjam