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British Policies and their impact

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

India was majorly an ________ economy

a)

Industrial

b)

Agricultural

2.

Agriculture and _____________ were the two main sources of livelihood of the people

a)

Farming

b)

Handicrafts

3.

The East India company was granted the Diwani of Bengal , Bihar and. Orissa by the treaty of

a)

Allahabad

b)

Versailles

4.

The main reason for famine of 1770 was the agricultural crisis i.e.

a)

Replacing the production of food crops with cash crops

b)

Peasants were forced to borrow money thus pushing them in deep debts and forced to sell their land

5.

Pick the odd one out

a)

Cotton- Maharashtra

b)

Tea- Assam

c)

Rice- Punjab

d)

Jute- Bengal

6.

Who introduced the following revenue systems?

1. Ijaradari system.

2.Mahalwari system

a)

W.Hastings- Thomas Munro

b)

W.Hastings- H. Mackenzie

c)

Cornwallis- W. Hastings

d)

Cornwallis- Thomas Munro

7.

What system of revenue did he introduce?

When and where

a)

Permanent settlement 1793- Bengal

b)

Permanent settlement

1773- Orissa

c)

Ijaradari System

1773- Bengal

d)

Ijaradari system

1793- Orissa

8.

Features of Permanent settlement revenue system.

a)

Fixed revenue

b)

Cultivators became tenants

c)

Zamindars got hereditary rights

d)

All of the above

9.

Features of Ryotwari system

( Pick the odd one out)

a)

Fixed revenue for 30 years

b)

No intermediary like zamindars

c)

Revenue collected directly from cultivators

d)

Concession given for failure of crops

10.

Features of Mahalwari system

a)

Revenue collected from head of the village

b)

Revenue not fixed, revised periodically

c)

Head of the village kept the surplus

d)

Both 1 and 2

11.

India is a major

a)

Tea producing country

b)

Spice producing country

c)

Cotton producing country

d)

None of the above

12.

1.Chintz -. a. Rural cottage

2. pottery- b. Urban factory

3.fine textiles c. Urban domestic

Match

a)

1- c, 2- b, 3- a

b)

1- b, 2 -a,3- c

c)

1-a,2- b, 3- c

d)

1-a, 2- c,3-b

13.

Who wrote the book Poverty and un- British rule in India?

a)

Dadabhai Naoroji

b)

R.C. Dutt

14.

Factors leading to the decline of handicrafts industry

a)

Weavers of Bengal were forced to sell their goods at low costs

b)

Imposing heavy duties

c)

India became a market for British goods

d)

All of the above

15.

This act was the first step towards introduction to Western education in India

a)

The Charter Act of 1815

b)

The Charter Act of 1813

c)

The Charter Act of 1776

d)

None of the above

16.

What idea did the Orientalists advocate

a)

Spread of western literature in vernacular medium

b)

Spread of Indian literature in English language

c)

Spread of Indian literature in vernacular medium

d)

None of the above

17.

The head of the Anglicist group-

a)

Lord Cornwallis

b)

Lord Macaulay

c)

Lord Mackenzie

d)

General William Bentinck

18.

Provisions of Wood's Despatch

a)

No support for women education

b)

Education department to be set up in every province

c)

Universities to be established in Mumbai, Delhi, Madras

d)

Both 2 and 3

19.

Primary reason for introducing western education

a)

Economise the cost of administration

b)

Relate to the British way of life

c)

To communicate

d)

Both 1 and 2

20.

The aim of creating an education system

a)

Acculturation of Indians

b)

Make Indians smarter