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Question (1)
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Which European trading company gradually established political control over large parts of India?
  • (A) Dutch East India Company
  • (B) Portuguese Company
  • (C) English East India Company
  • (D) French Trading Company

Correct Answer: C
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Question (2)
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Which event marked the beginning of the East India Company's political dominance in Bengal?
  • (A) Battle of Panipat
  • (B) Battle of Plassey
  • (C) Battle of Talikota
  • (D) Battle of Haldighati

Correct Answer: B
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Question (3)
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The East India Company was originally established mainly for
  • (A) spreading religion
  • (B) trade and commerce
  • (C) military conquest alone
  • (D) archaeological exploration

Correct Answer: B
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Question (4)
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Why did the East India Company gradually expand from trade to administration?
  • (A) It wanted to avoid all political involvement.
  • (B) Political control helped protect and increase its commercial interests.
  • (C) Indian rulers requested it to govern the country.
  • (D) It stopped trading permanently.

Correct Answer: B
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Political power enabled the Company to safeguard its trade and collect revenue.

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Question (5)
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Which system involved collecting revenue directly from cultivators?
  • (A) Permanent Settlement
  • (B) Ryotwari System
  • (C) Mahalwari System
  • (D) Jagirdari System

Correct Answer: B
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Question (6)
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Under the Permanent Settlement, the responsibility for paying land revenue rested mainly with
  • (A) village headmen
  • (B) zamindars
  • (C) merchants
  • (D) soldiers

Correct Answer: B
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Question (7)
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The Mahalwari System mainly assessed land revenue on the basis of
  • (A) individual farmers only
  • (B) villages or estates collectively
  • (C) traders alone
  • (D) temple authorities

Correct Answer: B
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Question (8)
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Why did the British introduce different land revenue systems in different regions?
  • (A) Because all regions had identical conditions.
  • (B) To suit local administrative and agricultural conditions.
  • (C) To abolish agriculture completely.
  • (D) To reduce government revenue.

Correct Answer: B
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Question (9)
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Which statement best describes the main objective of British land revenue policies?
  • (A) To maximize government income from agriculture.
  • (B) To eliminate cultivation.
  • (C) To encourage village independence.
  • (D) To reduce tax collection permanently.

Correct Answer: A
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Question (10)
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The Ryotwari System directly recognized the cultivator as
  • (A) a village priest
  • (B) the taxpayer responsible for land revenue
  • (C) a military officer
  • (D) a zamindar

Correct Answer: B
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