1811UPPSC1992HistoryEnglish
Who started Ryotwari system?
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Correct option: A — Thomas Munro
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- 1812JPSC2011HistoryEnglish
The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by British in the
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Correct option: D — Madras & Bombay Presidency
- 1813UPPSC2014HistoryEnglish
In British System Ryotwari land revenue collection was prevalent in
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Correct option: D — South India
- 1814UPPSC2016HistoryEnglish
When was the first tea company established in Assam?
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Correct option: C — 1839
- 1815UPPSC2004HistoryEnglish
Who is the exponent of the Theory of ‘Economic Drain’ of India during the British Rule?
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Correct option: D — Dadabhai Naoroji
- 1816UPSC1996HistoryEnglish
Who among the following leaders did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji?
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Correct option: D — Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
- 1817UPPSC2004HistoryEnglish
Who authored the book ‘Poverty and the Unbritish Rule in India’?
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Correct option: D — Dadabhai Naoroji
- 1818UKPSC2007HistoryEnglish
Who considered that ‘British Economic Policy is disgusting in India’?
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Correct option: C — Karl Marx
- 1819UPSC1993HistoryEnglish
Which one of the following statements correctly define the term ‘Drain theory’ as propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji?
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Correct 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
- 1820UPSC2011HistoryEnglish
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.
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Correct option: B — 1 and 2
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