Economic Impact of British Rule on India One Liner Questions & Answers
Economic Impact of British Rule on India One Liner Questions & Answers
| Questions | Answer | |
| 1 | The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century was – | Cotton, silk, salt petre and opium |
| 2 | The term “imperial preference” was applied to the – | Special privileges on British imports in India |
| 3 | There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of the – | Preference of the rich to invest in land |
| 4 | Economically, one of the results of British rule in India in the 19th century was the – | commercialization of Indian agriculture |
| 5 | Who introduced the Ist-e-Marari settlement? | Lord Cornwallis |
| 6 | The Permanent Settlement was introduced by – | Lord Cornwallis |
| 7 | A permanent Settlement was made with – | Landlords |
| 8 | The ‘Permanent Settlement’ was made with – | Zamindars |
| 9 | Which Governor-General introduced the permanent land revenue system in India? | Lord Cornwallis |
| 10 | The Permanent Settlement of Lord Cornwallis was introduced in the year – | 1793 A.D. |
| 11 | Under the Permanent Settlement, of 1793, the Zamindars were required to issue pattas to the farmer which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. The reason was – | There were no officials checking upon the Zamindars |
| 12 | Permanent Settlement and Ryotwari System of land revenue introduced respectively in – | Bengal and Madras |
| 13 | Sir Thomas Munro is associated with the land revenue settlement – | Ryotwari Settlement |
| 14 | Who started the Ryotwari system? | Thomas Munro |
| 15 | The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by the British in the – | Madras & Bombay Presidency |
| 16 | The English introduced the Ryotwari System for the first time in – | Madras Presidency |
| 17 | In the British System Ryotwari land revenue collection was prevalent in – | West India & South India |
| 18 | When was the first tea company in Assam established? | 1839 |
| 19 | Who is the exponent of the Theory of the “Economic Drain” of India during British Rule? | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 20 | Which leaders did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji? | Sir Syed Ahmad Khan |
| 21 | Who authored the book “Poverty and the Unbritish Rule in India”? | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 22 | Who wrote a book describing the theory of the economic drain of India during British rule? | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 23 | Who considered that ‘’British Economic Policy is disgusting in India”? | Karl Marx |
| 24 | What is the total percentage of Central revenue spent on Military force in British India? | 40% |