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Question 11. Who started Ryotwari system?
  1.    Thomas Munro
  2.    Martin Burda
  3.    Cornwallis
  4.    Lord Dalhousie
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Thomas Munro
Answer: (a)
Question 12. Which Governor-General introduced the permanent land revenue system in India?
  1.    Lord John Shore
  2.    Lord Clive
  3.    Lord Cornwallis
  4.    Lord Warren Hastings
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Lord Cornwallis
Answer: (c)
Question 13. Who authored the book ‘Poverty and the Unbritish Rule in India’?
  1.    Amartya Kumar Sen
  2.    Ramesh Chandra Dutt
  3.    Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  4.    Dadabhai Naoroji
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: (d)
Question 14. With reference to Ryotwari Settlement, consider the following statements.
  1. The rent was paid directly by the peasants to the Government.
  2. The Government gave Pattas to the Ryots.
  3. The lands were surveyed and assessed before being taxed.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  1.    Only 1
  2.    1 and 2
  3.    1, 2 and 3
  4.    None of these
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> 1, 2 and 3
Answer: (c)
Question 15. Which one of the following statements correctly define the term ‘Drain theory’ as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji?
  1.    That the resources of the country were being utilized in the interest of Britain
  2.    That a part of Indians national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material returns
  3.    That the British industrialists were being given an opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power
  4.    That the British good were being imported to the country making it poor day by day
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> That a part of Indians national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material returns
Answer: (b)
Question 16. With reference to the period of colonial rule in India ‘Home Charges’ formed an important part of the drain of wealth from India. Which of the following funds constituted ‘Home Charges’?
  1. Funds used to support the Indian Office in London.
  2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India.
  3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
  1.    Only 1
  2.    1 and 2
  3.    2 and 3
  4.    1, 2 and 3
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option B. -> 1 and 2
Answer: (b)
Question 17. Who introduced Ist-e-Marari settlement?
  1.    Wellesley
  2.    Warren Hastings
  3.    Lord Cornwallis
  4.    Lord Dufferin
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Lord Cornwallis
Answer: (c)
Question 18. In British System Ryotwari land revenue collection was prevalent in
  1.    North India
  2.    East India
  3.    West India
  4.    South India
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> South India
Answer: (d)
Question 19. Who is the exponent of the Theory of ‘Economic Drain’ of India during the British Rule?
  1.    M.N. Roy
  2.    Jai Prakash Narayan
  3.    Rammanohar Lohiya
  4.    Dadabhai Naoroji
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: (d)
Question 20. The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by British in the
  1.    Bengal Presidency
  2.    Madras Presidency
  3.    Bombay Presidency
  4.    Madras & Bombay Presidency
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Madras & Bombay Presidency
Answer: (d)

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