Indian History - Mock Test 91

Question 901

The single biggest item of British capital investment in India was?

A) railways B) plantations and mines C) banking and insurance D) shipping

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Question 902

After the ruin of India's trade, Industries and handicrafts, the burden of taxation in India had to be mainly borne by?

A) Zamindars B) Peasantry C) Income-tax payers D) All the above

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Question 903

After 1893, when complete ban was imposed on all commercial activities of the Company. India was left open to exploitation by?

A) British officers in India B) Planters C) British mercantile industrial capitalist class D) Zamindars and big landlords

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Question 904

The main exponent of the theory of Drain of Wealth was?

A) RC Dutt B) Dadabhai Naoroji C) DR Gadoil D) Karl Mane

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Question 905

Indian handicrafts rapidly declined due to?

A) lack of patronage B) growing craze for imported goods C) stiff competition from the machine-made goods of England D) All the above

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Question 906

The British colonial policies in India proved moat ruinous for Indian?

A) agriculture B) trade C) industry D) handicrafts

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Question 907

The earliest nationalist to commit political dacoities (a feature of the later revolutionary movements) was?

A) Jyotiba Phule B) Chapekar brothers C) Vasudev Balwant Phadke D) Yatindra Das

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Question 908

The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because?

A) of superior resources of the British empire B) it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal C) it had very little nationalist sentiment D) it was localised, restricted and scattered

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Question 909

After the initial success of the Revolt of 1857, the objective for which the leaders of the Revolt worked was?

A) to restore the former glory to the Mughal empire B) to form a Federation of Indian States under the aegis of Bhadur Shah II C) elimination of foreign rule and return of the old order D) each leader wanted to establish his own power in his respective region

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Question 910

The first political association of India founded in 1891 was the?

A) Landholders Society of Calcutta B) Indian Association C) British Indian Association D) Madras Native Association

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