Impact of British Rule on Indian Economy Practice Questions Answers Test with Solutions

Question : 1 [UPPCS (Spl)(Pre) 2008]

Who started Ryotwari system?

a) Thomas Munro

b) Martin Burda

c) Cornwallis

d) Lord Dalhousie

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Question : 2 [MPPCS (Pre) 2014]

Which Governor-General introduced the permanent land revenue system in India?

a) Lord John Shore

b) Lord Clive

c) Lord Cornwallis

d) Lord Warren Hastings

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Question : 3 [UPPCS (Mains) 2004]

Who authored the book ‘Poverty and the Unbritish Rule in India’?

a) Amartya Kumar Sen

b) Ramesh Chandra Dutt

c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

d) Dadabhai Naoroji

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Question : 4 [IAS (Pre) 2012]

With reference to Ryotwari Settlement, consider the following statements.

1. The rent was paid directly by the peasants to the Government.
2. The Government gave Pattas to the Ryots.
3. The lands were surveyed and assessed before being taxed.

Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?

a) Only 1

b) 1 and 2

c) 1, 2 and 3

d) None of these

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Question : 5 [IAS (Pre) 1993]

Which one of the following statements correctly define the term ‘Drain theory’ as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji?

a) That the resources of the country were being utilized in the interest of Britain

b) That a part of Indians national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material returns

c) That the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power

d) That the British good were being imported to the country making it poor day by day

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