14000+ MCQs Modern History (British Policies and Its Economic Impact in India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 14/06/2026
1. 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
2. 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 |
3. Which was organised for the development of agriculture in 1906?
4. Who among the following was/were associated with the introduction of Ryotwari Settlement in India during the British rule?
I. Lord Cornwallis II. Alexander Read III. Thomas Munro
5. When and where was the Permanent Settlement introduced?
6. What was the main reason behind the decline of the indigo industry in the 20th century?
7. The term ‘imperial preference’ was applied to the
8. 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?
9. The development of railways was started in the reign of which Governor General?
10. Who was associated with the Ryotwari settlement of Madras?
11. 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?
12. There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of
13. Which of the following was not one of the important results of the British land revenue systems?
14. 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.
15. At which place did Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar set up his first cotton mill in 1853?
16. Which of the following statements about Ryotwari settlement is/are correct?
I. It recognised the cultivators as the owner of land.
II. It was a temporary settlement.
III. It was introduced later than the permanent settlement.
17. Which one of the following commercial centres declined after mid-eighteenth century?
18. 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.
19. Economically, one of the result of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the
20. Permanent Settlement was a feature of
21. The first tea garden in India was set up in 1835 in
22. A famine of the nineteenth century, which has been described as the ‘Sea of Calamity’ was the famine in
23. How did the industrial revolution in England affect the British Company’s relations with India?
24. Which one of the following was not a feature of railways in colonial India?
25. Who remarked in 1834 that "the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India"?
26. The Ryotwari experiment in land revenue was started by
27. The tendency for increased irrigation was visible after the introduction of the land settlement system of Lord Cornwallis in 1793. The reason for this is normally traced to which of the following provisions?
28. 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.
29. Why did the East India Company encourage the other European Companies to trade only in tea and opium?
30. The cause of the decline of textile industries in the 18th century in Bengal was
31. 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.
32. ‘Dubla Hali’ system was practised in which region of India?
33. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
34. Who is known as the ‘Champion of the irrigation system’ in South India?
35. Which, among the following, is/are the impact/impacts of industrial revolution in England?
I. Cottage industry was replaced by the factory system of production using machines.
II. It led to the overpopulation of villages.
III. It led to the emergence of working class movements.
36. 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?
37. Commercialisation of agriculture led to further growth of rural poverty because the peasant
38. 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
39. 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.
40. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
41. Which one of the following observations about India, during 18th century is incorrect?
42. British colonialism in India saw the emergence of new cities. Calcutta, now Kolkata, was one of the first cities. Which of the following villages were amalgamated to form the city of Calcutta?
43. 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?
44. Prior to 1813, which among the following measures, was not adopted by the British to exploit the Indians economically?
45. The first tea company in Assam was established in which of the following year?
46. Silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world. Which one among the following is not true of silk routes?
47. Which of the following did not form part of the so-called ‘Home Charges’ in British India?
48. In the nineteenth century, India was converted into ‘a classic colony’ by converting her as
49. Which of the following features of the Permanent Settlement of 1793 is/are correct?
I. The Permanent Settlement vested land ownership rights in the peasants.
II. The Permanent Settlement vested land ownership rights in the Zamindars.
III. The Zamindars had to pay a fixed amount of rent by a particular date.
IV. The Zamindars benefitted hugely from the Permanent Settlement while the peasants suffered.
50. 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.
