14000+ MCQs Modern History (British Policies and Its Economic Impact in India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 30/07/2026
1. Assertion (A) Generally, India had a favourable balance of trade during the British rule. Reason (R) The drain of wealth took the form of unrequited exports.
2. 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?
3. 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.
4. 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?
5. The cause of the decline of textile industries in the 18th century in Bengal was
6. How did the industrial revolution in England affect the British Company’s relations with India?
7. 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.
8. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
9. There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of
10. 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?
11. What is the period of ‘first phase’ or ‘Mercantile phase’ of British colonialism?
12. Who remarked in 1834 that "the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India"?
13. Who is known as the father of land revenue related ‘Mahalwari Settlement’?
14. The first tea company in Assam was established in which of the following year?
15. A famine of the nineteenth century, which has been described as the ‘Sea of Calamity’ was the famine in
16. 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
17. The areas where the Mahalwari settlement was prevalent were:
18. Which of the following statements about town planning in British India in early 19th century is/are correct?
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.
19. Who among the following leaders did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji?
20. Which one of the following was not a result of British Colonial rule in India?
21. When and where was the Permanent Settlement introduced?
22. 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
23. 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 the 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?
24. 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.
25. Who is the exponent of the theory of economic drain of India during the British rule?
26. Which of the following was not one of the important results of the British land revenue systems?
27. The development of railways was started in the reign of which Governor General?
28. First railway line was started in West Bengal between
29. The system under which the peasant himself owns the land and is responsible for payment of land revenue to the Government is known as
30. Which one of the following commercial centres declined after mid-eighteenth century?
31. Ryotwari settlement was prevalent during British rule in
32. When was the trade monopoly of the East India Company ended?
33. 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.
34. Match the land revenue settlements with the areas where they were introduced by the British in India.
| List I (Settlement) | List II (Area of Introduction) |
| A. Permanent Settlement | 1. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, East Bengal, portions of Assam and Coorg |
| B. Ryotwari System | 2. Agra, Awadh, NWFP, ceded and conquered provinces |
| C. Mahalwari System | 3. Northern Karnataka |
| | 4. Bengal, Bihar and Orissa |
35. Match List I (Socio-Economic System) with List II (Region) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
| List I (System) | List II (Region) |
| A. Jajmani | 1. North India |
| B. Bara Balutedar | 2. Karnataka |
| C. Mirasi | 3. Maharashtra |
| D. Adade | 4. Tamil Nadu |
36. Consider the following statements in the context of de-industrialisation.
I. It was started in 1813.
II. The ending of the trade monopoly of the East India Company sped up this process.
Choose the correct code given below.
37. 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 a 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?
38. Who among the following Indian freedom fighters made an attempt to estimate the Per Capita Income of India?
39. The first tea garden in India was set up in 1835 in
40. Which one of the following was not a feature of railways in colonial India?
41. 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.
42. Which thinker has told the railway system of India as the “forerunner of modern Industry”?
43. The term ‘imperial preference’ was applied to the
44. At which place did Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar set up his first cotton mill in 1853?
45. Which one of the following statements about the Colonial economy is not correct?
46. 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?
47. Who is known as the ‘Champion of the irrigation system’ in South India?
48. 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?
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.
49. Permanent Settlement was a feature of
50. In the nineteenth century, India was converted into ‘a classic colony’ by converting her as
