Colonial Rule

Q. In March 1861, the first train in Kerala ran from Tirur to ________________.

1. Thiruvananthapuram
2. Beypur
3. Ernakulam
4. Kasaragod

Q. Nana Saheb was the adopted son of Peshwa _____.

1. Balaji Rao
2. Jewaji Rao
3. Baji Rao I
4. Baji Rao II

Q. What was the event that triggered the revolt of 1857?

1. The British started indiscriminately destroying mosques and temples.
2. The British abolished the practice of Sati, which enraged the Hindus.
3. Indian soldiers were forced to use cartridges allegedly coated with pig and cow fat.
4. The British forced the Muslims to start eating beef.

Q.

Which crop is not grown in shifting cultivation?

Q. Nagodas were the ___________ of Bengal.

1. warriors
2. sericulturists
3. farmers
4. fishermen

Q. After the 1857 rebellion, British were able to regain control over North India only in the year ____.

1. 1858
2. 1859
3. 1860
4. 1861

Q. What strategies did the East India Company adopt?

1. Levied heavy taxes on farmers.
2. No tax concessions were sanctioned even when drought and flood destroyed the agriculture.
3. Middle men (Zamindars) were assigned to the duty of collecting tax.
4. Imposed the condition that the tax was to be paid in the form of cash.

Q. Tantia Tope was killed by the British in ____.

1. April 1859
2. June 1859
3. June 1860
4. June 1861

Q. Who were exploited under the Company rule?

1. Farmers
2. Weavers
3. Craftsmen
4. Tribals

Q.

What price did the trader pay Sapna for a quintal of cotton?

1. 2500

2. 1500

3. 3000

4. 2000

Q. The Indian Railways was launched on ____________.

1. 31st October 1829
2. 17th March 1901
3. 16th April 1853
4. 3rd December 1876

Q. The Company identified that the fertile fields of Bengal were much favourable for growing the commercial crops like ________.

1. cotton
2. indigo
3. rice
4. jute

Q. Peasant revolts started at the very beginning of the Company rule. It is evident in the Sanyasi and Fakir rebellions that occurred in the end of the ______________.

1. 19th century
2. 17th century
3. 18th century
4. 20th century

Q. and rebellions were major problems for the later Mughals.

1. Subadar
2. Peasant
3. Zamindari
4. Military

Q. _____________ were assigned to the duty of collecting tax.

1. Zamindars
2. Tahsildars
3. Ghurkhas
4. District Collector

Q. In 19th century several rebellions broke out in ___________.

1. Mysore
2. Calcutta
3. Bombay
4. Malabar

Q. The fields that were used only for the cultivation of _______ crops changed into the plantations of cotton, jute and indigo.

1. food
2. bamboo
3. rubber
4. eucalyptus