Modern History: 03

BRITISH COLONIALISM AND ITS IMPACT

1.       The title of ‘Viceroy’ was added to the centre office of the Governor-general of India for the first time in --1858 AD

2.       ‘Drain of wealth theory’ which was exposed the constant drain of wealth from India to England ; the founder was ----Dadabhai Naroji

3.        British resort to the ‘Downward Filtration theory’ till 1854 because ------ To justify their education policy in India

4.       Permanent Settlement ---- Bengal and Bihar

5         Royotwari Settlement ---- Parts of Madras and Bombay Presidencies

6)       Mahalwari Settlement--- Gangetic Valley, North-West Provinces, Punjab

7)        The Pitt’s India Act 1784 ----- Formation of Board of control to guide and control company’s affairs

          

8)       Charter Act of 1813 ------- Company’s monopoly of trade with India ended

9)       Charter Act of 1833 ------- Company’s debt taken over by the Govt. of India

10)   India converted into “a classic colony” in the 19^th century –

        (I) By converting her into an importer and absorber of British machine made goods

       (II) By converting her into a producer of raw materials to feed British industries

11)   The Permanent settlement was made with ----- The Zamindars

12)   The system of dual government in Bengal abolished by ----- Warren Hestings

13)   The Charter Act of 1833 accepted educational qualifications for Indian Civil Service appointment by the Clause --- Clause 87

14)   English was made the medium of instruction in India in the Year of 1835

15)   Lord Dalhousie introduced the first telegraph line in 1853, which ran between ------ Calcutta to Agra

16)   “White Mutiny” by the European soldiers, was staged during the period of  ------- Lord Dalhousie

17)   Railways were introduced in India when the governor General of India was ----- Dalhousie

18)   One Act of British India strengthened Viceroy’s authority over his executive council by subsiding “portfolio” or departmental system for coparate functioning --- Indian council Act 1861

19)   A committee on education is considered as the Magna Carta of  English education in India that is --- Wood’s Dispatch