EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 36

EXPANSION OF BRITISH SUPREMACY MCQS SET 36

351) The cause of decline of textile industries in 18th century in Bengal was
A) decline in quality of production
B) non availability of raw material
C) high tariff rates on exports to Britain
D) non availability of craftsmen

Answer: high tariff rates on exports to Britain
   
352) Who is the exponent of the theory of economic drain of India during the British rule?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji
B) MN Roy
C) Jai Prakash Narayan
D) Ram Manohar Lohiya

Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
   
353) Commercialization of agriculture led to further growth of rural poverty because the peasant
A) got unremunerative prices for his produce
B) was exploited by the merchants and other middlemen
C) had to accept fixed prices for his produce
D) was left with no money to buy food grains during famines and other natural calamities

Answer: was exploited by the merchants and other middlemen
   
354) Who was associated with Ryotwari settlement of Madras?
A) Malcom
B) Metcalfe
C) Munro
D) Elphinstone

Answer: Munro
   
355) Permanent Settlement was a feature of
A) Zamindari System
B) Ryotwari System
C) Mahalwari System
D) None of the above

Answer: Zamindari System

356) Which of the following statement is/are correct?
A) The Bengali newspaper gave an extensive coverage to indigo riots and written extensively on the plight of indigo cultivators
B) The British government set up an official inquiry to Investigate the causes behind indigo riots in 1860
C) The Pabna peasant revolt occurred In 1873-85
D) All the above

Answer: All the above
   
357) In the Ryotwari areas of British India, the money-lenders fleeced and exploited the
peasantry and usurped their lands because
A) the usurious rate of interest charged
B) they got thumb impressions of the debtors on blank papers
C) they obtained mortgage of the lands against the loans advanced by them
D) All of the above

Answer: they obtained mortgage of the lands against the loans advanced by them
   
358) Why did the East India Company encourage the other European Companies to trade only in
tea and opium?
A) The export of tea would enrich the British tea planters in India
B) The export of opium would bring return in the form of Chinese silver
C) Both 'a' and 'b'
D) India had enough surplus of both these commodities

Answer: Both 'a' and 'b'
   
359) How did the Industrial Revolution in England affect the British Company's relations with India?
A) The company stopped exports from India to Britain as all raw materials were now mined and produced in Britain
B) The Indian goods were inferior in quality to the mill manufactured goods and did not have
much patronage in the local market
C) British goods in Indian became extremely cheap
D) The company began to export raw materials from India instead of the finished goods as was done earlier

Answer: The company began to export raw materials from India instead of the finished goods as was done earlier
   
360) Which factor influenced most to eliminate caste-system in India?
A) Rationalism
B) Job opportunities
C) Legislations
D) Liberal education

Answer: Rationalism