East India Company And Nawab Of Bengal Practice Questions Answers Test With Solutions
EAST INDIA COMPANY AND NAWAB OF BENGAL PRACTICE TEST [3 - EXERCISES]
East India Company MCQs Set 1
East India Company MCQs Set 2
East India Company MCQs Set 3
Question : 3
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.
a) 1 and 2
b) 2 and 3
c) Only 1
d) All of these
Answer »Answer: (d)
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.
Question : 4 [IAS (Pre) 1995]
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
a) Battle of Buxar - Mir Jafar vs. Clive
b) Battle of Wandiwash - French vs. East India Company
c) Battle of Chilianwala - Dalhousie vs. Marathas
d) Battle of Khurda - Nizam vs. East India Company
Answer »Answer: (b)
Question : 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.
a) 1, 2, 3
b) 1 & 3
c) 1, 2, 4
d) 2, 3, 4
Answer »Answer: (d)
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