14000+ MCQs Modern History (British Policies and Its Economic Impact in India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 28/10/2026
1. The Ryotwari experiment in land revenue was started by
2. Who of the following was/were economic critic/critics of colonialism in India?
I. Dadabhai Naoroji II. G Subramania Iyer III. RC Dutt
3. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
4. Who was associated with the Ryotwari settlement of Madras?
5. 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?
6. 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.
7. 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?
8. There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of
9. Which one of the following was not a feature of railways in colonial India?
10. Who is known as the father of land revenue related ‘Mahalwari Settlement’?
11. The term ‘imperial preference’ was applied to the
12. 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
13. 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?
14. 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.
15. The areas where the Mahalwari settlement was prevalent were:
16. When and where was the Permanent Settlement introduced?
17. Where was the first coffee garden planted by the Britishers?
18. The cause of the decline of textile industries in the 18th century in Bengal was
19. 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?
20. Which was organised for the development of agriculture in 1906?
21. 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.
22. 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.
23. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
24. Assertion (A) Within half a century of the Battle of Plassey, the phenomenal prosperity of Bengal suffered a serious set-back. Reason (R) The manufacture of cotton goods the most important item of export from India, enormously increased in other parts of India, while it declined in Bengal.
25. What is the period of ‘first phase’ or ‘Mercantile phase’ of British colonialism?
26. Economically, one of the result of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the
27. The development of railways was started in the reign of which Governor General?
28. In the Ryotwari areas of British India, the money-lenders fleeced and exploited the peasantry and usurped their lands because
29. The Tinkathiya system refers to
30. 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 |
31. 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.
32. What was the main reason behind the decline of the indigo industry in the 20th century?
33. 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
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. Permanent Settlement was a feature of
36. Which of the following did not form part of the so-called ‘Home Charges’ in British India?
37. Which one of the following statements about the land tenure system is not correct?
38. 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.
39. Ryotwari settlement was prevalent during British rule in
40. A famine of the nineteenth century, which has been described as the ‘Sea of Calamity’ was the famine in
41. 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.
42. Who among the following Indian freedom fighters made an attempt to estimate the Per Capita Income of India?
43. Which one of the following was not a result of British Colonial rule in India?
44. The first railway line of India was operationalised in 1853 between
45. Commercialisation of agriculture led to further growth of rural poverty because the peasant
46. ‘Dubla Hali’ system was practised in which region of India?
47. 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 |
48. At which place did Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar set up his first cotton mill in 1853?
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. Which of the following statements about the Mahalwari system is not correct?