CBSE Questions for Class 8 General Knowledge Modern Indian History Quiz 6 - MCQExams.com

The Act of 1935 provides for ___________.
  • a disproportionate representation to princely state in the suffrage
  • universal adult suffrage
  • dyarchy at the central and provisional level
  • a unicameral legislature
Which one of the factors given below did not help the money lenders to exploit the cultivators under the British rule in India?
  • The new legal system and new land revenue policy introduced by the British
  • The introduction of transferability of land
  • The growing commercialization of agriculture
  • Support of money lending traditions prevalent for a very long time
Which of the following statement(s) is/are true about Government of India Act, 1919?
1) It is also known as Montague Chelmsford Reforms.
2) It paved the way for federalism by clearly separating the responsibilities of centre and provinces.
3) It extends the practice of communal representation.
  • Only 1
  • Only 3
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
British colonialism in India saw the emergence of new cities. Calcutta, now Kolkata, was one of the first cities. Which of the following villages were amalgamated to form the city of Calcutta?
  • Midnapur, Chittagong, Burdwan
  • $$24$$-Parganas, Kalikata, Thakurgaon
  • Sutanuti, Kalikata, Gobindapur
  • Midnapur, Thakurgaon, Gobindapur
Permanent Settlement was a feature of ____________.
  • Zamindari System
  • Ryotwari System
  • Mahalwari System
  • None of the above
Which of the following features of the Permanent Settlement of $$1793$$ is/are correct?
$$1$$. The Permanent Settlement vested land ownership rights in the peasants.
$$2$$. The Permanent Settlement vested land ownership rights in the Zamindars.
$$3$$. The Zamindars had to pay a fixed amount of rent by a particular date.
$$4$$. The Zamindars benefitted hugely from the Permanent Settlement while the peasants suffered.
Select the correct answer using the code given.
  • Only $$1$$
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
  • Only $$4$$
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
Consider the following statements and select the correct statement(s):
1) Lord Ripon usually said, "Judge me by my works and not by my words".
2) Lord Lansdowne passed the Age of Consent Act which forbade the marriage of a girl below 12 years.
3) Lord Irwin was responsible for the creation of a new province called the North-West Frontier Province.
  • 1 and 2
  • All of these
  • Only 3
  • None of these
How did the Industrial Revolution in England affect the British Company's relations with India?
  • The company stopped exports from India to Britain as all raw materials were nor mined and produced in Britain
  • The Indian goods were inferior in quality to the mill-manufactured goods and did not have much patronage in the local market
  • British goods in Indian became extremely cheap
  • The company began to export raw materials from India instead of the finished goods as was done earlier
In the Ryotwari areas of British India, the money-lenders fleeced and exploited the peasantry and usurped their lands because ____________________.
  • The usurious rate of interest charged by the moneylenders made the peasants helpless
  • They got thumb impressions of the debtors on blank papers
  • They obtained mortgage of the lands against the loans advanced by them
  • All of the above
Who is the exponent of the theory of economic drain of India during the British rule?
  • Dadabhai Naoroji
  • MN Roy
  • Jai Prakash Narayan
  • Ram Manohar Lohiya
Who signed the treaty of 'Perpetual friendship' with Ranjit Singh?
  • Lord Bentinck
  • Lord Metcalfe
  • George Barlow
  • Lord Minto I
Who attacked the INC and ridiculed it as a microscopic minority?
  • Curzon
  • Dufferin
  • Northbrook
  • Lytton
Who was associated with Ryotwari settlement of Madras?
  • Malcom
  • Metcalfe
  • Munro
  • Elphinstone
Match List-I with List-I and select the correct answer using the codes given the lists.
List-IList-II
A. Land allotted to big feudal landlords$$1$$. Jagirdari System
B. Land allotted to revenue farmers or rent collectors$$2$$. Ryotwari System
C. Land allotted to each peasant with the right to sublet, mortgage, gift or sell$$3$$. Mahalwari system
D. Revenue settlements made at village level$$4$$. Zamindari systems
  • A-$$1$$, B-$$3$$, C-$$2$$, D-$$4$$
  • A-$$1$$, B-$$4$$, C-$$2$$, D-$$3$$
  • A-$$3$$, B-$$4$$, C-$$1$$, D-$$2$$
  • A-$$2$$, B-$$1$$, C-$$3$$, D-$$4$$
Consider the following statements and select the correct statement(s):
1) Hindu Widow Remarriage Act was passed during Lord Dalhouse's governorship.
2) Foundation of the universities at Calcutta and Madras was laid during Lord Canning tenure.
3) During the times of Lord Ripon, the first Factory Act for the welfare of child was passed.
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • Only 2
  • All of these
In which year was the Regulating Act passed?
  • AD 1757
  • AD 1765
  • AD 1773
  • AD 1793
Which of the following was not one of the tax, which the British Government imposed on India or increased from time to time in order to argue its resources?
  • Income tax
  • Profession tax
  • Licence tax and salt duty
  • Land and famine cess
The tendency for increased litigation was visible after the introduction of the land settlement system of Lord Cornwallis in $$1793$$. The reason for this is normally traced to which of the followed provision(s)?
  • Making Zamindar's position stronger vis-a-vis the Ryot
  • Making East India Company an overlord of Zamindars
  • Making judicial system more efficient
  • None of the above
Which of the following is wrongly matched?
  • The Pitt's India Act $$(1784)$$ : Board of Control to guide and control company's affairs
  • Charter Act of $$1813$$ : Company's monopoly of trade with India ended
  • Charter Act of $$1833$$ : Company's debt taken over by the government of India
  • Charter Act of $$1853$$ : To regulate company's affairs
The per capital income in India was Rs. $$20$$ in $$1867-68$$, was ascertained for the first time by ______.
  • MG Ranade
  • Sir W Hunter
  • RC Dutt
  • Dadabhai Naoroji
During whose governorship was Shimla made the summer capital and army headquarters?
  • Lord Lake
  • Sir John Lawrence
  • Lord Ripon
  • Lord Dalhousie
Which of the following statements Ryotwari settlement is/are correct?
$$1$$. It recognised the cultivators as the owner of land.
$$2$$. It was a temporary settlement.
$$3$$. It was introduced later than the permanent settlement.
Select the correct answer using the codes given.
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
  • Only $$1$$
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
Under whose viceroyalty did the White Mutiny occur?
  • Lord Curzon
  • Lord Minto
  • Lord Canning
  • Lord Hardinge
Consider the following statements.
$$1$$. Better labour laws passed in the $$20$$th century under the pressure of the rising trade union movement.
$$2$$. The Indian Factory Act of $$1881$$ dealt primarily with the problem of child labour.
$$3$$. The Indian Factory Act of $$1881$$ laid down that children between $$7$$ and $$12$$ would not work for more than $$9$$ hours a day.
Which of the given statement(s) is/are correct?
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • Only $$3$$
  • $$1, 2$$ and $$3$$
  • $$1$$ and $$3$$
With reference to the period of colonial rule in India, "Home Charges" formed an important part of drain of wealth from India. Which of the following funds constituted Home Charges?
$$1$$. Funds used to support the India 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 codes given.
  • Only $$1$$
  • $$1$$ and $$2$$
  • $$2$$ and $$3$$
  • All of the above
Match the land revenue settlements with the areas where they were introduced by the British in India.
List-IList-II
A. Permanent Settlement$$1$$. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, East Bengal, Portions of Assam and Coorg
B. Ryotwari System$$2$$. Agra, Awadh, NWEP, ceded and conquered provinces
C. Mahalwari System$$3$$. Northern Karnataka
$$4$$. Bengal, Bihar and Orissa
  • A-$$1$$, B-$$2$$, C-$$3$$
  • A-$$4$$, B-$$1$$, C-$$2$$
  • A-$$1$$, B-$$2$$, C-$$4$$
  • A-$$1$$, B-$$3$$, C-$$4$$
Consider the following statements with regard to the Government of India Act, 1935:
1) The Act provided for the establishment of an All India Federation.
2) The All India Federation was to be based on a union of the provinces of British India and the princely states.
3) There was to be a bicameral federal legislature.
4) Only 10% of total population in British India was given the right to vote.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • 1, 2, 3 and 4
  • 2, 3 and 4
  • 1, 3 and 4
What is the correct chronological order of the following Governor-General?
  • George Barlow
  • John Shore
  • Lord Hastings
  • Lord Amherst
  • Warren Hastings
Consider the following statements: 
1) Wellesley converted East India Company into British Empire by encouraging subsidiary alliance system.
2) Wellesley continued permanent settlement in Bengal.
3) Fort William College was opened for private training to both aspirants and serving civil servants about India.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 2
  • Only 3
  • Both 2 and 3
  • All of these
Consider the following statements:
1) Lord Hastings conducted Rohilkhand War.
2) Lord Hastings set up a Lottery Commission which showcases his efforts raising public funds.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Only 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
The East India Company was divested  of its political functions by _____________.
  • Pitt's India Act, 1784
  • Charter Act, 1833
  • Government of India Act, 1853
  • Charter Act, 1858
Under the Permanent Settlement, $$1793$$ the Zamindars were required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. Give the reason.
  • The Zamindars were trusted by the farmers
  • There was no official check upon the Zamindars
  • It was the responsibility of the British Government
  • The farmers were not interested in getting pattas
Consider the following statements regarding the Pitts India Act 1784:
1) The Board of Control was established to control all civil, military and revenue affairs of the company.
2) In India, the Chief Government was placed in the hands of a Governor General and a council of four. 
Which of the given statement(s) is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Which one of the provisions of the Indian Council Act 1909, given below is incorrect?
  • The size of Provincial Legislative Councils was enlarged by including nominated non-official members and thus it ended official majority
  • The element of election was also introduced in the legislative council at the centre but the official majority was maintained
  • The legislative council was empowered to move resolutions on the budget and on any matter of public interest except certain specified subjects
  • It introduced separate electorate for the Muslim community and began the separation
Consider the following statements in regard to early administrative policies of the East India Company in India:
1) The dominant classes of the British society were keen to preserve the monopoly of lucrative appointments in the Indian Civil Service and other services for their children.
2) Lord Cornwallis had proposed to give the British and Indian officials high salaries to help them resist temptations and to become honest and obedient.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Consider the following statements about Warren Hastings:
1) He was the last Governor of Bengal. 
2) He wrote introduction to the first English translation of 'Gita' by Charles Wilkins.
3) He started Diwani and Faujdari Adalats at the district level and Sadar Diwani and Nizamat Adalats (appellate courts) at Calcutta.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
  • All of these
According to the passage, the permanent settlement vested __________________________.
  • Revenue collecting rights to zamindars
  • Land ownership rights to the state
  • Land ownership rights to zamindars
  • Customary rights to peasants
Consider the following statements regarding the Act, 1858:
1) Under the Act, the government was to be carried by the Governor General who was given the title of Viceroy of crown's personal representative.
2) The power of the Court of Directors and the Board of Control was now to be exercised by a secretary of state for India aided by a Council of 20 members.
3) The Secretary of State was a member of the British Cabinet and as such was responsible to Parliament.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • 1 and 3
  • 1 and 2
  • All of these
Consider the following statements: 
1) Lord Cornwallis laid the foundation of a new judicial system in British India through a hierarchy of civil and criminal courts. 
2) Lord Cornwallis separated the posts of the civil judge and the revenue collector in a district in British India and the princely states.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Patta was a written agreement between the ______________________.
  • Pessant and Zamindars providing a record of the amount of rent
  • Peasants and the state
  • Zamindars and the state
  • Peasants and Zamindars regarding cesses to be paid except rent
Before the permanent settlement the peasants enjoyed _______________________.
  • Customary occupancy rights
  • Only tenancy rights
  • High rent demands
  • Revenue collecting rights
Who among the following finally removed the Maratha Peshwa from his position, captured his territories and sent him off to a distant place?
  • Wellesley
  • Cornwallis
  • Dalhouse
  • Hastings
The Rowlatt Act aimed at __________.
  • compulsory economic support to war efforts
  • imprisonment without trial and summary procedures for trial
  • suppression of the Khilafat Movement
  • imposition of restrictions on freedom of the press
The distribution of powers between the centre and the states in the Indian Constitution is based on the scheme provided in the ___________.
  • Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
  • Montague-Chelmsford Act, 1919
  • Government of India Act, 1935
  • Indian Independence Act, 1947
Consider the following statements  about the Provincial Legislature Elections granted in the Government of India Act, 1935:
1) The Congress was sharply divided about accepting offices in the case of winning election to provincial legislatures.
2) There was, however, full agreement that the elections should be fought on the basis of a detailed political and economic programme.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • Only 1
  • Only 2
  • Both 1 and 2
  • Neither 1 nor 2
Who among the following Governor Generals created the covenanted civil service of India which later came to be known as the Indian Civil Service?
  • Warren Hastings
  • Wellesley
  • Cornwallis
  • William Bentinck
Which one of the following is/are the principle feature(s) of the Government of India Act, 1919?
1) Introduction of dyarchy in the executive government of the provinces.
2) Introduction of separate communal electorates for Muslims.
3) Devolution of legislative authority by the centre to the provinces.
Select the correct answer using the codes given below.
  • Only 1
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
  • All of these
Consider the following statements:
1) Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular Police Force in India on the British pattern.
2) A Supreme Court was established in Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773.
3) The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
  • 1 and 2
  • 2 and 3
  • 1 and 3
  • All of these
The declaration of reforms on August 20, 1917 is known as __________.
  • Montague statement
  • Morley declaration
  • Minto declaration
  • Chelmsford declaration
Who succeeded Robert Clive to lead the East India Company?
  • Lord Bentinck
  • Lord Cornwallis
  • Lord Hastings
  • Lord Wellesley
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