Q. James Mill’s History of British India was: (a) Critical of the prior Orientalist position. (b) Had a low estimation of Hindu Civilization (c) Provided a prejudiced account of the great rebellion of 1857 (d) Both (a) and (b). Ans: (d) Both (a) and (b). Explanation: The correct ...

Q. Colonial administrators had the following view(s) of caste: (a) Caste was linked with community (b) Caste was based on occupational division (c) Caste was responsible for an absence of patriotism (d) All of above. Ans: (d) All of above. Explanation: The correct answer is (d) ...

Q. The prime factor why commercialization of agriculture led to an increase in rural poverty was (a) fixation of prices of the produce (b) unremunerative prices for the produce (c) exploitation by merchants and other middlemen (d) lack of money for purchase of food-grains during ...

Q. Of the following, which was not one of the important European-owned plantation industries of the nineteenth century? (a) Indigo (b) Tea (c) Coffee (d) Rubber Ans: (d) Rubber

Q. Which of the following was the most important factor leading to the gradual decline of the indigo industry in the nineteenth century? (a) Withdrawal of British capital (b) Insurrections and peasant uprisings (c) Introduction of synthetic dye (d) Slump in the world market due to ...

Q. Between 1883 and 1914 the largest item in India’s export trade was (a) Indigo (b) Cotton (c) Jute (d) Foodgrains Ans: (d) Foodgrains

Q. In the nineteenth century, which international event brought about the switch to jute as a packaging material thus providing an impetus to the development of the jute industry in India? (a) Crimean War (b) American Civil War (c) Opening of Suez Canal (d) Russo-Japanese War Ans: ...

Q. Opium cultivation in the nineteenth century was largely concentrated in (a) Punjab (b) Bihar and Malwa (c) Deccan districts (d) Bengal and Assam Ans: (b) Bihar and Malwa Explanation: Opium cultivation in the nineteenth century was largely concentrated in (b) Bihar and Malwa. ...

Q. In the nineteenth century, the system of making advances by Europeans planters to Indian cultivators was specific to which of the following? (a) Jute (b) Tea (c) Indigo and Rubber (d) Indigo and Opium Ans: (d) Indigo and Opium

Q. The cotton boom in India was associated with (a) Spanish War (b) Crimean War (c) American Civil War (d) First World War Ans: (c) American Civil War Explanation: The cotton boom in India was associated with (c) American Civil War. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), ...

Q. Examine various developments in the field of Education: 1. Wood’s dispatch in 1854 2. Charter Act in 1813 3. Hunter Commission in 1882 4. Curzon’s Universities Act in 1904 Select the code for correct statements. (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 and 4 Ans: ...

Q. Charles Grant argued that (a) Indian civilization was low on the moral scale (b) The introduction of Christianity would improve the moral stature of the natives of India. (c) The company should patronize Hindu Culture. (d) Both (a) and (b). Ans: (d) Both (a) and (b). ...