Indian National Movement PYQ – Effects Of British Rule

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Indian National Movement PYQ – Effects Of British Rule – 16 questions, subject: Indian National Movement. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
GSASO – 2020
What was the commission, which inquired the working of police administration in 1902?

Correct Answer: A [Fraser Commission]

Explanation:

Lord Curzon appointed the Police Commission under Sir Andrew Fraser in 1902 to examine police administration.

2.  
VAS-AGHS – 2020
The mode of revenue collection was known as the ryotwari system which was an Innovation of

Correct Answer: A [Sir Thomas Munro]

Explanation:

The ryotwari system, in which the state settled revenue directly with the cultivator, was designed by Sir Thomas Munro.

3.  
AGGS – 2021
Zamindari system in India was introduced by

Correct Answer: C [L. Cornwallis]

Explanation:

Lord Cornwallis introduced the zamindari system through the Permanent Settlement of 1793 in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.

4.  
PTGS – 2021
The policy of British rule in India was

Correct Answer: D [Divide and Rule]

Explanation:

The British maintained their rule in India through a policy of divide and rule, splitting Indians by religion and region.

5.  
CEGS – 2022
Assertion (A): The World-Wide Depression which set in late 1929 affected India.
Reason (R): A very sharp fall in prices, particularly of agricultural commodities and by bringing about a major crisis in the entire export-oriented colonial economy.

Correct Answer: B [Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)]

Explanation:

The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit India because prices of agricultural goods such as jute and cotton fell sharply, so the reason explains the assertion.

6.  
JAILOR – 2022
Choose the right answer:
In which place Lord Canning published the Queen's Proclamation on 1858?

Correct Answer: A [Allahabad]

Explanation:

Lord Canning read Queen Victoria's Proclamation at a durbar at Allahabad on 1 November 1858.

7.  
ROAD INSPECTOR – 2023
Choose the wrong statement about Education Policy in the British Rule
(i) Divided into 4 periods
(ii) Commenced with Sir Charles Wood's Despatch in 1845.
(iii) It is also called "Magna Carta".

Correct Answer: B [Only (ii)]

Explanation:

Wood's Despatch was issued in 1854, not 1845, so statement (ii) is the wrong one.

8.  
ROAD INSPECTOR – 2023
The Sharda Act raised the minimum age marriageable for girls ______ years.

Correct Answer: C [14]

Explanation:

The Sarda Act of 1929 raised the minimum marriageable age for girls to 14 and for boys to 18.

9.  
GEOLOGY – 2023
Assertion [A]: Macaulay argued for Western education in the English language.
Reason [R]: Macaulay's intention was to educate the people of India not in Sanskrit or Persian language.

Correct Answer: C [[A] is correct and [R] is a correct explanation of [A]]

Explanation:

Macaulay's Minute of 1835 favoured Western education in English because he thought European knowledge superior, intending to create a class of Indians English in taste, so reason explains assertion.

10.  
GEOLOGY – 2023
Assertion [A]: The Small Scale Industry of India was ruined due to the attitude of the Britishers
Reason [R]: British Government declared the Policy of free trade in the year 1833.

Correct Answer: B [Both [A] and [R] are true; and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]]

Explanation:

The British adopted laissez-faire in 1833 and opened India to machine-made English goods, ruining small-scale industry, so the reason explains the assertion.

11.  
GROUP 1 & 1A – 2025
Which of the following is incorrectly paired?
(1) Sir Thomas Munro – Licensing Act of 1857
(2) Sir Charles Metcalfe – Liberator of the Indian Press
(3) Lord Wellesley – Printers name at the bottom of the paper
(4) Lord Canning – System of License and Censorship

Correct Answer: A [(1) and (4)]

Explanation:

The Licensing Act of 1857 came under Canning, and Thomas Munro died in 1827, so pairs (1) and (4) are incorrect.

12.  
COMBINED TECHNICAL SERVICES (IV POST) – 2025
Assertion [A]: A more fundamental change in the structure of Indian Society and the rural economy of the country was wrought by the permanent settlement introduced by Cornwallis
Reason [R]: The settlement destroyed the old village community, changed the property relations – create new social classes

Correct Answer: D [Both [A] and [R] are true, and [R] is the correct explanation of [A]]

Explanation:

The Permanent Settlement changed rural society and created a new class of landlords, and the reason as keyed correctly explains the assertion.

13.  
GROUP 2 & 2A – 2025
Choose the right matches among type:
(1) Permanent Settlement – Lord Curzon
(2) Partition of Bengal – Cornwallis
(3) Ryotwari System – Munro
(4) Network of Railways – Dalhousie

Correct Answer: D [(3) and (4) are correct]

Explanation:

Permanent Settlement was Cornwallis's and the Partition of Bengal Curzon's, so (1) and (2) are swapped, while Munro's ryotwari and the railway pair are right, making (3) and (4) correct.

14.  
GROUP 2 & 2A MAINS – 2025
Match the following:
(a) Madras Medical School – 1. 1837
(b) Madras Presidency College – 2. 1835
(c) Madras Christian College – 3. 1842
(d) Pachayappas College – 4. 1840

Correct Answer: B [2 4 1 3]

Explanation:

Madras Medical School dates from 1835, Madras Christian College from 1837, Presidency College from 1840 and the other institution from 1842, giving the code 2 4 1 3.

15.  
AJ – 2023
Name the committee that recommended the abolition of Zamindari system in 1948 in Tamil Nadu? [TNPSC வினாத்தாளில் உள்ளபடி; சரியானது: பிரகாசம் குழு (சென்னை எஸ்டேட் நிலச் சட்டக் குழு) அறிக்கை 1938; ஜமீன்தாரி ஒழிப்புச் சட்டம் 1948]

Correct Answer: B [Prakasam Committee]

Explanation:

The Prakasam Committee, set up under T. Prakasam, recommended abolishing the zamindari system in Madras.

16.  
JAILOR – 2022
Name the first modern bank in Tamilnadu that was started by British in 1843

Correct Answer: D [Bank of Madras]

Explanation:

The Bank of Madras, founded on 1 July 1843, was the first modern bank in Tamil Nadu and one of the three Presidency Banks with Bengal and Bombay.

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