MCQ Ch 4 The Colonial Era in India Class 8 Social Science CBSE Board

1. According to Brooks Adams, what was a significant impact of the Bengal plunder?

It delayed the Industrial Revolution

It funded Britain’s Industrial Revolution

It promoted Indian industrialization

It reduced British taxes

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2. What was Dadabhai Naoroji’s contribution to understanding British economic exploitation?

He documented India’s cultural heritage

He compiled estimates of wealth drained from India

He promoted British education in India

He led the Great Rebellion of 1857

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3. What was the estimated wealth drained from India from 1765 to 1938, according to Utsa Patnaik?

1 trillion U.S.dollars

10 trillion U.S.dollars

45 trillion U.S.dollars

100 trillion U.S.dollars

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4. What was a major impact of British policies on India’s textile industry?

It expanded textile exports

It led to the ruin of the textile industry

It promoted local artisans

It reduced taxes on textiles

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5. What did William Bentinck say about the state of Indian cotton weavers in 1834?

They were prospering due to British trade

Their bones were bleaching the plains of India

They were leading industrial reforms

They were exporting textiles to Europe

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6. How did British policies affect India’s share of world GDP by the time of Independence?

It increased to 25%

It remained stable at 15%

It declined to about 5%

It grew to 50%

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7. What characterized India’s village communities before British rule, according to Charles Metcalfe?

They were disorganized and chaotic

They were little republics with self-governance

They relied entirely on British administration

They lacked any form of governance

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8. How did the British transform India’s traditional governance systems?

They strengthened village councils

They replaced them with a centralized bureaucracy

They promoted regional kingdoms

They preserved customary laws

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9. What was the primary goal of the British education system in India, as per Macaulay’s Minute?

To preserve Indian cultural heritage

To create Indians who were English in taste and intellect

To promote Sanskrit and Arabic studies

To provide free education to all Indians

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10. What did Thomas Macaulay claim about Indian literature in his Minute on Indian Education?

It was equal to European literature

It was superior to European literature

A single European library shelf was worth more than all Indian literature

It should be preserved and studied

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11. What was a consequence of the British education system in India?

It preserved traditional Indian schools

It created a class of English-educated Indian elites

It promoted mass education in local languages

It eliminated the need for British officials

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12. What was the primary purpose of India’s railway network under British rule?

To connect rural communities

To move raw materials and British goods

To promote tourism in India

To provide free transport to Indians

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13. Who funded the construction of India’s railways and telegraph networks?

The British government

Indian tax revenue

Private European investors

Indian princely states

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14. Why was India called the “jewel in the crown” of the British Empire?

Due to its small size

Because of its immense wealth and resources

For its political stability

Due to its lack of resistance

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15. What was the British claim about their empire?

It was limited to India

The sun never set on it

It promoted global equality

It was temporary

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16. What sparked the Sannyasi-Fakir Rebellion in Bengal?

British restrictions on pilgrimage and taxation policies

Forced conversion to Christianity

Loss of maritime trade rights

Introduction of English education

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17. What inspired Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay’s novel Anandamath?

The Battle of Plassey

The Sannyasi-Fakir Rebellion

The Great Famine of 1876

The Carnatic Wars

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18. What was a major cause of the Kol Uprising in 1831–1832?

British support for tribal councils

Land policies favoring outsiders

Promotion of tribal education

Expansion of forest access

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19. Who led the Santhal Rebellion of 1855–1856?

Rani Lakshmibai and Tatia Tope

Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu

Begum Hazrat Mahal

Mangal Pandey

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20. What was the primary grievance of peasants during the Indigo Revolt (1859–1862)?

Forced cultivation of indigo with low pay

Loss of maritime trade rights

Introduction of English education

High taxes on food crops

Question 20 of 20

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