MCQ for modern-india-7-4th-march-2023

Consider the following statements with reference to the Permanent Settlement system:

1. It benefited the landlords more than the government in the long run.

2. Vested the land ownership right in the zamindars but prevented their heirs from inheriting.

3. It was governed by the ‘sun-set’ law.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to British Land revenue policy, consider the following statements:

1. The Permanent Settlement vested the land ownership right in the zamindars.

2. The Ryotwari experiment was started by Alexander Reed in 1792.

3. British policies aided Indian peasants in modernising their agriculture so that the company could generate more cash.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements with reference to the Ryotwari system:

1. It was influenced by Ricardo’s theory of rent.

2. The Bombay Survey System was devised as a settlement scheme for lowering the revenue demand to a reasonable level.

3. It was able to completely eliminate the use of local elites as intermediaries.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to growth and expansion of East India Company in India, consider the following statements:

1. Captain Hawkins was sent to the Jahangir’s court to obtain royal favors.

2. The English opened the first factory in South India located at Masulipatnam in the year 1611.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which of the following constitutes ‘home charges’ during colonial rule?

1. Salaries of European officials, European traders and planters remitted to England

2. Pensions to those who retired from civil and military services

3. The salaries of the ministers of the British government in London

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements:

1. The British colonial policies led to commercialization of Indian agriculture.

2. Gopal Krishna Gokhale put forward the theory of economic drain in his book, “The Economic History of India”.

3. The Welby Commission was established by the British government to prevent the drain of the Indian economy.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to the development of education during British rule, consider the following statements:

1. Raja Ram Mohan Roy protested against the government’s proposal to establish more Oriental Colleges in Bengal.

2. Wood’s Dispatch discarded the importance of vernacular languages.

3. The Hunter Education Commission recommended that primary instruction should be through the vernacular language.

4. Macaulay’s Minute on Education favoured the revival of the indigenous educational system of Sanskrit.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to the tribal revolts in India during the British rule, consider the following statements:

1. The colonial administration put the tribal people into relative isolation.

2. Tribes were reduced to the position of agricultural labourers and share croppers.

3. During tribal revolts, all outsiders were seen as enemies and were attacked.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

With reference to the Indigo cultivation in India during British rule, consider the following statements:

1. Woad plant which was more easily available in Europe acted as a substitute for Indigo.

2. Indigo import into Britain from India decreased rapidly from the late 18th century onwards.

3. Under Nij system, Indigo was produced on land which was directly controlled by planters.

4. Majority of the land producing indigo was under the Nij system.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

With reference to the British rule in India, consider the following statements:

1. Permanent settlement caused zamindars to lose their power to organize local justice.

2. Jotedars controlled local trade as well as moneylending.

3. Within the villages, the power of jotedars was more effective than that of zamindars.

Which of the statements given above are correct?