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Question 71. Identify the positive effects of the beginning of European Commerce in India.

Money economy grew up.
International market relations were set-up.
Increased quantity of India’s export.
Indian agriculture was further commercialised.

1, 3, 4
2, 3, 4
1, 2, 3,
1, 2, 4

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> 1, 2, 3,
Answer: (c)

Question 72. What was the most important reason for the First Anglo- Sikh War (1845-46)?

The attempts of the English Company to interfere with the internal matters of the Lahore state
The agreement entered into the Dogra Chief, Gulab Singh, by the English to sell Kashmir to the former
To divert the energies of ungovernable Khalsa army
The war-like preparations of the English across the Sutlej

Discuss Question

Answer: Option C. -> To divert the energies of ungovernable Khalsa army
Answer: (c)

Question 73. Which of the following statements above Ryotwari settlement is/are correct?

It recognized the cultivators as the owner of the land.

It was a temporary settlement.

It was introduced later than the permanent settlement.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

1 and 2
2 and 3
Only 1
All of these

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> All of these
Answer: (d)

Question 74.
List I
List II
A. Hyderabad
1. Nizam-ul-Mulk
B. Bengal
2. Alivardi Khan
C. Avadh
3. Saadat Khan
D. Travancore
4. Martanda Varman
Codes: A B C D

2 1 3 4
2 1 4 3
1 2 4 3
1 2 3 4

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> 1 2 3 4
Answer: (d)

Question 75. The battle field of Plassey is situated in

Bihar
Andhra Pradesh
Odisha
West Bengal

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> West Bengal
Answer: (d)

Question 76. Statement I:
The economy of India in the 19th century came to a state of ruin under English East India Company.
Statement II:
English East India Company’s acquisition of Diwani right led to the miseries of the peasants and those associated with the traditional handicrafts industry of India.

Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
Both the statements are true, but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
Statement I is true, but Statement II is false
Statement I is false, but Statement II is true

Discuss Question

Answer: Option A. -> Both the statements are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
Answer: (a)

Question 77. Who among the following has been called as a ‘Heaven Born General’?

Albuquerque
Robert Clive
Francois Dupleix
Lord Cornwallis

Discuss Question

Answer: Option B. -> Robert Clive
Answer: (b)

Question 78. Bring out the correct statement about British expansion in Madras

In 1658, all the English settlement on the Coromandal and in Eastern India were placed under the control of Fort St. George.
In 1801, Lord Wellesley created the Madras presidency as it existed till Indian Independence.
In 1640, the British obtained the site of Madras from the Raja of Valikondapuram.
The British built a fortified factory, viz. Fort St George, at Madras.

1, 2, 3
1 & 3
1, 2, 4
2, 3, 4

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> 2, 3, 4
Answer: (d)

Question 79. Which of the following statements above Ryotwari settlement is/are correct?

It recognised the cultivators as the owner of land.
It was a temporary settlement.
It was introduced later than the permanent settlement.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below

1 and 2
2 and 3
Only 1
All of these

Discuss Question

Answer: Option D. -> All of these
Answer: (d)The Ryotwari system, instituted in some parts of British India, was one of the two main systems used to collect revenues from the cultivators of agricultural land. Features of Ryotwari SystemGovernment claimed the property rights to all the land, but allotted it to the cultivators on the condition that they pay taxes. In other words, it established a direct relation between the landholder and the government.Farmers could use, sell, mortgage, bequeath, and lease the land as long as they paid their taxes. In other words Ryotwari system gave a proprietary right upon the landholders.IF they did not pay taxes, they were evictedTaxes were only fixed in a temporary settlement for a period of thirty years and then revised.Government had retained the right to enhance land revenue whenever it wantedProvided measures for revenue relief during famines but they were seldom applied in real life situation.

Question 80.
List I (Wars)
List-II (Treaties)
A. Second Carnatic War
1. Salbai
B. Second Anglo-Mysore
2. Bassein
C. Third Anglo-Mysore
3. Pondicherry
D. First Anglo-Maratha War
4. Srirangapatnam

5. Mangalore
Codes: A B C D