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2018 · Q68Modern HistoryBritish Administration & Economic Policiesmoderate

The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were

  1. (a)Raw cotton, oil-seeds and opium
  2. (b)Sugar, salt, zinc and lead
  3. (c)Copper, silver, gold, spices and tea
  4. (d)Cotton, silk, saltpetre and opium
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Official answer(d) Cotton, silk, saltpetre and opium

2026 · Q12Modern HistoryBritish Administration & Economic Policiesdifficult

The artificially fixed rupee-sterling exchange rate prescribed by the Hilton-Young Commission (1926) was adopted by the British Government for which one of the following reasons ?

  1. (a)Aiding the flow of remittances from India and maintaining India’s creditworthiness
  2. (b)Providing support to Indian importers
  3. (c)Encouraging export of cotton produce from India
  4. (d)Preventing depreciation of the Rupee in terms of gold
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Official answer(a) Aiding the flow of remittances from India and maintaining India’s creditworthiness

2020 · Q23Modern HistoryBritish Administration & Economic Policieseasy

Which of the following statements correctly explains the impact of Industrial Revolution on India during the first half of the nineteenth century ?

  1. (a)Indian handicrafts were ruined.
  2. (b)Machines were introduced in the Indian textile industry in large numbers.
  3. (c)Railway lines were laid in many parts of the country.
  4. (d)Heavy duties were imposed on the imports of British manufactures.
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Official answer(a) Indian handicrafts were ruined.

2020 · Q34Modern HistoryBritish Administration & Economic Policieseasy

Wellesley established the Fort William College at Calcutta because

  1. (a)he was asked by the Board of Directors at London to do so
  2. (b)he wanted to revive interest in oriental learning in India
  3. (c)he wanted to provide William Carey and his associates with employment
  4. (d)he wanted to train British civilians for administrative purpose in India
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Official answer(d) he wanted to train British civilians for administrative purpose in India