Economic Causes of the Sepoy Mutiny

Q. Who formed Inam Commission?

1. Zamindars
2. British
3. Farmers
4. Kings

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Give example for long-term crops and short-term crops?

Q. It is the early 19th century.

I collect taxes from peasants, and pay the English East India Company after taking a small commission from the tax amount. I exploit the farmers for my financial gain, and they soon turn against me.

Who am I?

1. Subedar
2. Viceroy
3. Zamindar
4. Diwan

Q. Who collected tax under Zamindari system?

1. Zamindars
2. Farmers
3. Company
4. Kings

Q. Why did the demand for raw materials grown in British colonies increase in the 19th century?

1. Industrial Revolution
2. French Revolution
3. Agricultural Revolution
4. Green Revolution

Q. Which type of crops did the English East India Company force Indians to cultivate?

1. Food crops
2. Plantation crops
3. Cash crops
4. Ornamental crops

Q. You are a peasant living in the Indian subcontinent in the early 19th century. You have two acres of land to your name. The English East India Company has recently introduced the Inam Commission, and you are now mandated to provide title deeds for your land.

What is the purpose of providing these deeds?

1. Tax Authorisation
2. Proof of land-ownership
3. Revenue Assessment
4. Identity Proof

Q. Which of the following documents were demanded from landholders by the Inam Commission?

1. Sale deeds
2. Net production accounts
3. Title deeds
4. Rent agreements

Q. Who exploited the situation and hoarded supplies in France?

1. Bakers
2. Farmers
3. Nobles
4. King

Q. The first major task for Indian democracy post-Independence was _______.

1. To conduct first general elections
2. The planning of economy
3. To create linguistic states
4. To remove poverty

Q. What is Land Ceiling?

1. To fix the quantum of land held by a family.
2. To fix urban landholdings at the existing level.
3. To fix rural landholdings at the existing level.
4. To fix land area for irrigation purposes.

Q. How did the East India Company take extra money from the general population of the country?

1. Through revenue systems
2. Through home agreement policies
3. Through expansionary policies
4. Through military policies

Q. What was the court language in the Indian subcontinent under colonial rule in the 20th century?

1. Tamil
2. Sanskrit
3. English
4. Hindi

Q. was a policy that compelled Indian rulers to accept the Company’s dominance in return for protection.

1. Doctrine of Lapse
2. Subsidiary Alliance
3. Ring Fence
4. Pitt's India Act

Q. was a policy that compelled Indian rulers to accept the Company’s dominance in return for protection.

1. Ring Fence
2. Subsidiary Alliance
3. Doctrine of Lapse
4. Pitts India Act