14000+ MCQs Modern History (British Policies and Its Economic Impact in India)
Total Questions:- 50
Time:- 30 Minutes
MCQ Pattern
Date:- 29/07/2026
1. Who among the following Indian freedom fighters made an attempt to estimate the Per Capita Income of India?
2. Which of the following was not one of the important results of the British land revenue systems?
3. Which one of the following was not a result of British Colonial rule in India?
4. 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?
5. 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
6. 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.
7. Economically, one of the result of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the
8. 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 |
9. Which one of the following commercial centres declined after mid-eighteenth century?
10. The system under which the peasant himself owns the land and is responsible for payment of land revenue to the Government is known as
11. When was the trade monopoly of the East India Company ended?
12. 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?
13. 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 |
14. 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
15. Why did the East India Company encourage the other European Companies to trade only in tea and opium?
16. Which one of the following statements about the land tenure system is not correct?
17. Who remarked in 1834 that "the bones of the cotton weavers are bleaching the plains of India"?
18. Which of the following is wrongly matched?
19. Lord Dalhousie planned for the construction of a network of railways in India in order to
20. Which one of the following was not a feature of railways in colonial India?
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. Permanent Settlement was a feature of
23. Prior to 1813, which among the following measures, was not adopted by the British to exploit the Indians economically?
24. There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of
25. Who of the following was/were economic critic/critics of colonialism in India?
I. Dadabhai Naoroji II. G Subramania Iyer III. RC Dutt
26. The areas where the Mahalwari settlement was prevalent were:
27. 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.
28. What is the period of ‘first phase’ or ‘Mercantile phase’ of British colonialism?
29. What was the consequence of the Permanent Settlement on rural society in Bengal?
30. Who was associated with the Ryotwari settlement of Madras?
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. When and where was the Permanent Settlement introduced?
33. Who is the exponent of the theory of economic drain of India during the British rule?
34. Which was organised for the development of agriculture in 1906?
35. 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
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. Who is known as the father of land revenue related ‘Mahalwari Settlement’?
38. At which place did Cowasjee Nanabhoy Davar set up his first cotton mill in 1853?
39. 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.
40. The Ryotwari experiment in land revenue was started by
41. 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.
42. In the nineteenth century, India was converted into ‘a classic colony’ by converting her as
43. How did the industrial revolution in England affect the British Company’s relations with India?
44. The British introduced the railways in India in order to
45. 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.
46. The development of railways was started in the reign of which Governor General?
47. 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?
48. The Tinkathiya system refers to
49. First railway line was started in West Bengal between
50. 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?