Eastern Academy of Science and Technology, Khordha All Questions

Question : How did surveys conducted by the East India Company influence land revenue policies?
 

Option 1: By underestimating land productivity
 

Option 2: By standardizing land measurements
 

Option 3: By ignoring local land rights
 

Option 4: By promoting equitable taxation

Question : What was the purpose of revenue settlements introduced by the East India Company?

Option 1: To promote agricultural research
 

Option 2: To establish a fair trade system
 

Option 3: To regularize land revenue collection

Option 4: To encourage industrialization

Question : By which Charter Act, the East India Company's monopoly of trade with China came to an end ?

Option 1: Charter Act of 1793

Option 2: Charter Act of 1813

Option 3: Charter Act of 1833

Option 4: Charter Act of 1853

Question : Which among the following acts established the dual system of control by the British government and the East India Company in India?

Option 1: Pitt's India Act, 1784

Option 2: Montague-Chelmsford Reform (Government of India Act), 1919

Option 3: Charter Act, 1793

Option 4: Charter Act, 1813

Question : Ethnic conflicts in the North East region of India are often related to:

Option 1: Economic competition

Option 2: Religious differences

Option 3: Political representation

Option 4: Territorial identity

Question : Territorial disputes in the North East region of India often lead to:

Option 1: Economic prosperity

Option 2: Political stability

Option 3: Environmental conservation

Option 4: Ethnic conflicts

Question : The rule of the English East India Company was ended in British India under the Government of India Act,________.

Option 1: 1858

Option 2: 1857

Option 3: 1859

Option 4: 1856

Question : How did the East India Company's presence impact the revenue system in rural India?

Option 1: Introduced permanent settlement
 

Option 2: Reduced tax rates

Option 3: Promoted communal farming

Option 4: Encouraged cash crops

Question : What was the strategic significance of Lucknow during the Revolt of 1857 ?

Option 1: It was the capital of the East India Company

Option 2: It was a major center of trade and commerce

Option 3: It was a key military and administrative center

Option 4: It was the birthplace of the revolt

Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.

A. Dozens of distinctly different regional languages are spoken in India, which share many characteristics such as grammatical structure and vocabulary.
B. India has had a longer exposure to English than any other country which uses it as a second language, its distinctive words, idioms, grammar, and rhetoric spreading gradually to affect all places, habits and cultures.
C. The historical background of India is never far away from everyday usage of English.
D. Since the early 1600s, the English language has had a toehold on the Indian subcontinent, when the East India Company established settlements in Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai, formerly Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay, respectively.

Option 1: ABCD

Option 2: ADCB

Option 3: DBCA

Option 4: DCAB