Practice Quiz set 2 - indian history mcq Online Quiz (set-1) For All Competitive Exams
Q-1) Consider the following statements- Battle of Buxar provided the key to the English to establish their rule in India.
- The Treaty of Allahabad, concluded in 1765, enabled the British to establish their rule in Bengal.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Q-2) Haider Ali established his authority over the Mysore state by overthrowing
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Q-3) Haider Ali established his authority over the Mysore state by overthrowing
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Q-4) Which of the following statements above Ryotwari settlement is/are correct?- It recognised the cultivators as the owner of land.
- It was a temporary settlement.
- It was introduced later than the permanent settlement.
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The Ryotwari system, instituted in some parts of British India, was one of the two main systems used to collect revenues from the cultivators of agricultural land. Features of Ryotwari System
- Government claimed the property rights to all the land, but allotted it to the cultivators on the condition that they pay taxes. In other words, it established a direct relation between the landholder and the government.
- Farmers could use, sell, mortgage, bequeath, and lease the land as long as they paid their taxes. In other words Ryotwari system gave a proprietary right upon the landholders.
- IF they did not pay taxes, they were evicted
- Taxes were only fixed in a temporary settlement for a period of thirty years and then revised.
- Government had retained the right to enhance land revenue whenever it wanted
- Provided measures for revenue relief during famines but they were seldom applied in real life situation.
Q-5) Bring out the correct statement about British expansion in Madras- In 1658, all the English settlement on the Coromandal and in Eastern India were placed under the control of Fort St. George.
- In 1801, Lord Wellesley created the Madras presidency as it existed till Indian Independence.
- In 1640, the British obtained the site of Madras from the Raja of Valikondapuram.
- The British built a fortified factory, viz. Fort St George, at Madras.
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Q-6) ‘The Musalman’, the handwritten daily newspaper in circulation since 1927, is published from which one of the following places?
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Q-7) Sirajuddaula was defeated by Lord Clive in the battle of
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Q-8) Under the forceful thrust of British rule, a rapid transformation of the Indian economy took place. In this context, which of the following statements is/ are correct? - Indian economy was transformed into a colonial economy in the 19th century whose structure was determined by Britain’s fast developing industrial economy.
- The influx of cheap Indian products into England gave a great blow to English textile industries.
- The 19th century saw the collapse of the traditional Indian village economy and fresh economic alignment along commercial lines.
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Q-9) Bring out the correct statement about British expansion in Madras- In 1658, all the English settlement on the Coromandal and in Eastern India were placed under the control of Fort St. George.
- In 1801, Lord Wellesley created the Madras presidency as it existed till Indian Independence.
- In 1640, the British obtained the site of Madras from the Raja of Valikondapuram.
- The British built a fortified factory, viz. Fort St George, at Madras.
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Q-10) Consider the following statements
- The battle of Buxar provided the key to the English to establish their rule in India.
- The Treaty of Allahabad concluded in 1765, enabled the British to establish their rule in Bengal.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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The Battle of Buxar was fought between the British East India Company and the combined forces of Mir Qasim, the Nawab of Bengal, Shuja-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Awadh, and Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor on 23rd October 1764.
Shah Alam II signed the Treaty of Allahabad that secured Diwani Rights for the Company to collect and manage the revenues of almost 100,000,000 acres (400,000 km2) of real estate, which helped establish the English rule.