[HISTORY] Quiz on The Effects of the British Rule in India

1. Where did Robert Clive introduce the system of dual government in 1765?

2. Where did Kawasji Nanabhoy start the first textile mill in 1853?

3. Who passed an Act allowing widow-marriage in 1856?

4. Who were the pillars of the British administration in India?

5. What were the conditions for the payment of land revenue in the British rule?

6. Which industry did Jamshetji Tata start at Jamshedpur?

7. What is dual government?

Bureaucracy with the British, military with the Nawab.
Equal power to the British and the Nawab.
East India Company collected revenue. Nawab of Bengal maintained peace and order.
The British and the Nawab share tax collection.
Correct Answer: East India Company collected revenue. Nawab of Bengal maintained peace and order.

8. What is the meaning of commercialization of agriculture?

Commerce graduates doing agriculture
Production of rice, wheat, barley and oats
Subsidies to farmers
Production of profit-yielding cash crops rather than food grains
Correct Answer: Production of profit-yielding cash crops rather than food grains

9. Why did the industries in India close down?

10. What was Lord Cornwallis' reform?

11. What was Lord Bentinck's reform?

12. What was Lord Dalhousie's reform?

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Originally posted 2015-11-21 04:18:41.

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