14000+ MCQs Modern History (British Policies and Its Economic Impact in India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 13/09/2026
1. The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were
2. The Tinkathia system is related to which type of crop cultivation and at which place?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. Consider the following events during the British rule.
I. Plundering of begums of Awadh.
II. The Permanent Settlement system in Bengal.
III. Beginning of the dual government in Bengal.
IV. Beginning of drain of wealth from India.
Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the above given events?
6. 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.
7. How did the industrial revolution in England affect the British Company’s relations with India?
8. What is the period of ‘first phase’ or ‘Mercantile phase’ of British colonialism?
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. Which of the following did not form part of the so-called ‘Home Charges’ in British India?
12. ‘Dubla Hali’ system was practised in which region of India?
13. The system under which the peasant himself owns the land and is responsible for payment of land revenue to the Government is known as
14. The first tea company in Assam was established in which of the following year?
15. Which one of the following commercial centres declined after mid-eighteenth century?
16. Where was the first coffee garden planted by the Britishers?
17. 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
18. Which of the following was not one of the important results of the British land revenue systems?
19. 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 |
20. The areas where the Mahalwari settlement was prevalent were:
21. 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.
22. Who is known as the ‘Champion of the irrigation system’ in South India?
23. Who remarked in 1834 that "the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India"?
24. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
25. The Tinkathiya system refers to
26. 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.
27. 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?
28. 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 |
29. The term ‘imperial preference’ was applied to the
30. 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?
31. The first railway line of India was operationalised in 1853 between
32. 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.
33. Who of the following was/were economic critic/critics of colonialism in India?
I. Dadabhai Naoroji II. G Subramania Iyer III. RC Dutt
34. Permanent Settlement was a feature of
35. In the nineteenth century, India was converted into ‘a classic colony’ by converting her as
36. 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.
37. 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
38. Match List I (Land Revenue Category) with List II (Associated System) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists.
| List I (Land Allotment Characteristic) | List II (Associated Revenue System) |
| A. Land allotted to big feudal landlords | 1. Jagirdari System |
| B. Land allotted to revenue farmers or rent collectors | 2. Ryotwari System |
| C. Land allotted to each peasant with the right to sublet, mortgage, gift or sell | 3. Mahalwari System |
| D. Revenue settlements made at village level | 4. Zamindari Systems |
39. When and where was the Permanent Settlement introduced?
40. Which one of the following was not a feature of railways in colonial India?
41. In the Ryotwari areas of British India, the money-lenders fleeced and exploited the peasantry and usurped their lands because
42. Consider the following statements.
I. One significant development in the second half of the 19th century was the establishment of large-scale machine-based industries in India.
II. The first textile mill was started in Bombay by Cowasjee Nanabhoy in 1863 and the first jute mill in Sirsha (Bengal) in 1865.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
43. Economically, one of the result of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the
44. Prior to 1813, which among the following measures, was not adopted by the British to exploit the Indians economically?
45. Lord Dalhousie planned for the construction of a network of railways in India in order to
46. 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
47. Which thinker has told the railway system of India as the “forerunner of modern Industry”?
48. The cause of the decline of textile industries in the 18th century in Bengal was
49. The first tea garden in India was set up in 1835 in
50. Ryotwari settlement was prevalent during British rule in
