east india company MCQs set 3 Questions and Answers Detailed Explanation

Question : 1

What was/were the object/objects of Queen Victoria’s Proclamation (1858)?

1. To disclaim any intention to annex Indian States
2. To place the Indian administration under the British Crown
3. To regulate East India Company’s trade with India

a) 1 and 2 only

b) 2 only

c) 1 and 3 only

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 2

An Indian ruler of the 18th century who planted “the Tree of liberty” at his capital, enrolled himself as a member of the Jacobin club of France and loved himself to be called ‘Citizen’, was

a) Mir Jafar

b) Tipu Sultan

c) Haider Ali

d) Banda Bahadur

Question : 3

Which of the following statements regarding Permanent Settlement is/are correct?

1. The Permanent Settlement was introduced in parts of the Madras and Bombay Presidencies.
2. The Permanent Settlement created a new class of landlords with hereditary rights on land.
3. The landlords created by the Permanent Settlement could never be removed under any circumstance.

a) Only 1

b) Only 2

c) 2 and 3

d) 1, 2 and 3

Question : 4

What was the worst part of the permanent settlement of Bengal?

a) Disintegration of the village communities

b) Creation of absentee landlords

c) Sub-infatuation of estates and holdings

d) Subjection of the cultivator to untold misery

Question : 5

Which of the following statements about Permanent Settlement are correct?

1. It conferred proprietary rights to peasants.
2. The Zamindars were recognised as the proprietors of land.
3. The government permanently fixed the land revenue demand.
4. The Zamindars acted as the middlemen between the peasants and the government.

a) 2, 3 and 4

b) 3 and 4

c) 1 and 4

d) 1 and 3

Question : 6

Tipu Sultan was a man of complex character. He was an innovator, which of the following was not one of his innovations?

a) A new calendar

b) A new method of survey and settlement

c) A new system of coinage

d) New scales of weights and measures