EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 34

EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 34

331) Cornwallis' code of 1793 separated
A) revenue collection for administration of civil justice
B) civil administration from judicial administration
C) the Bengal administration from central administration
D) the civil administration from military administration

Answer: civil administration from judicial administration
   
332) Which of the following was the most obvious expression of imperialism in modern time?
A) Assertion of cultural supremacy
B) Use of superior technology
C) Building up of a vast communication network
D) Formation of colonies

Answer: Formation of colonies
   
333) Consider the following events during the British rule
1. Plundering of begums of Awadh.
2. The Permanent Settlement system in Bengal.
3. Beginning of the dual Government in Bengal.
4. Beginning of Drain of Wealth from lndia.
Which of the following is the correct chronological order of the above given events?
A) 4, 3, 1, 2
B) 4, 3, 2,1
C) 3,4,2,1
D) 3,4,1,2

Answer: 4, 3, 1, 2
   
334) Consider the following statements
1. The 1813 the East India Company Charter was renewed for twenty-years.
2. The long-standing ban prohibition on missionaries was removed and the British officers allowed a rapid penetration of Christian missionary organisations into company territory.
3. An annual £ 10000 expenditure 0f government funds for education was allotted within the new Charter of East lndia Company in 1813.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
A) 1 and 2
B) 2 and 3
C) Only3
D) 1,2 and 3

Answer: 1,2 and 3
   
335) Which of the following statements about Mahalwari system is not correct?
A) Under the MahaIwari system there Were no middlemen for the payment of land revenue
B) Village system was based an collection of individual land revenue demand from owners
C) Mahalwari system created landholdings under cultivating class
D) This system had the highest revenue demand among all system prevalent in lndia

Answer: Mahalwari system created landholdings under cultivating class

336) Who prophesied that the railways would become the forerunner of modern industry?
A) Karl Marx
B) Dadabhal Naoroji
C) Lord Dalhousie
D) Jamshedji Tata

Answer: Karl Marx
   
337) Consider the following statements
1. Economic affairs did not dominate civil life in India in the eighteenth century.
2. lndian mercantile community showcased great spirit of enterprise.
3. Dadani system was prevalent in India like medieval European industrial organization.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
A) 1 and 3
B) 1 and 2
C) 2 and 3
D) 1,2 and 3

Answer: 1 and 3
   
338) 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?
A) Midnapur, Chittagong Burdwan
B) 24 Parganas, Kalikata, Thakurgaon
C) Sutanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur
D) Midnapur, Thakurgaon, Gobindapur

Answer: Sutanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur
   
339) Which of the following was not one of the important results of British land revenue systems?
A) Creation of a class of landholders
B) It suddenly gave boost to agricultural production
C) Cultivators got Security rights
D) It deprived the traditional landed class of its control over land

Answer: It suddenly gave boost to agricultural production
   
340) Which one of the factors given below did not help the money-lenders to exploit the cultivators under the British rule in India?
A) The new legal system and new land revenue policy introduced by the British
B) The introduction of transferability of land
C) The growing commercialization of agriculture
D) Support of money lending traditions. prevalent for a very long time

Answer: The new legal system and new land revenue policy introduced by the British