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Which country became the bread basket of the world?

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  1. America

  2. China

  3. Japan

  4. India

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Correct Option: A

Hows the life of poor peasants were affected by the Enclosure Movement?

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  1. The land of the cultivator was taken over by the landlord

  2. The poor peasants were deprived of the common land where they could graze their cattle and collect firewood.

  3. Fences around lands prohibited easy movement between lands.

  4. The landlords did not hire the peasants any more.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • When enclosures came up, the enclosed land became the exclusive property of one landowner.
  • The poor could no longer collect their firewood from the forests, or graze their cattle on the commons.
  • They could no longer collect apples and berries, or hunt small animals for meat.
  • Everything had a price which the poor could not afford to pay. The poor were displaced from the land leading to  migration in search of work.

Growing of which of the following crops makes the land fertile?

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  1. Brinjal

  2. Tomato

  3. Turnip

  4. Potato

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Growing turnip crops makes the land fertile. Turnip was a good fodder crop for cattle. These crop have the capacity to increase the nitrogen content of the soil.

The colonial government in Bengal exported opium to _____.

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  1. Australia

  2. China

  3. Japan

  4. Russia

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The British East India Company assumes control of Bengal and Bihar, opium-growing districts of India. British companies extracted huge profits by smuggling opium trade out of Calcutta to China. Offically opium is still banned in China.

The British government had established a monopoly to trade in opium in Bengal by ______.

political science peasants and farmers colonialism and tribal societies peasants and adivasi revolts policy of agriculture, industry and foreign trade under british rule

  1. 1770

  2. 1771

  3. 1772

  4. 1773

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Early in the 18th century the Portuguese found that they could import opium from India and sell it in China at a considerable profit. By 1773 the British had discovered the trade, and that year they became the leading suppliers of the Chinese market. The British East India Company established a monopoly on opium cultivation in the Indian province of Bengal, where they developed a method of growing opium poppies cheaply and abundantly. Other Western countries also joined in the trade, including the United States, which dealt in Turkish as well as Indian opium.

Who of the following said these words "Plant more wheat, wheat will win the war"?

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  1. President Thomas Jefferson

  2. President Roosevelt

  3. President George Bush

  4. President Wilson

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 During the First World War the world market boomed. Russian supplies of wheat were cut off and the USA had to feed Europe. US President Wilson called upon farmers to respond to the need of the time. 

Which of the following reasons could be attributed to the unwillingness of Indian peasantry to cultivation of Opium?

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  1. Opium addiction damages health of people

  2. The cultivation of opium at the existing prices was not profitable for the farmers

  3. The climatic conditions were not suitable for its cultivation in India

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The price the government paid to the cultivators for the opium they produced was very low. It was unprofitable for cultivators to grow opium at that price.

The East India Company started a triangular trade between India-China-Britain

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  1. to take balance of trade in favour of the company

  2. to get maximum profits

  3. to attain favour from China

  4. to get profit from India

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The British traders took opium from India to China and tea from China to England. Between India and England trade flowed both ways. By the early 19th century, exports of handlooms from India declined while the export of raw materials (silk and cotton) and foodgrains increased. From England, manufactured goods flowed into India leading to a decline of Indian artisanal production.

The proper sequence of crops grown by Indian farmers, in early and later nineteenth century during the colonial period was _____.

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  1. Wheat, maize, rice, cotton and indigo

  2. Maize, sugarcane, cotton and opium

  3. Indigo, opium, sugarcane, cotton, jute, wheat

  4. Wheat, sugarcane, cotton, jute and indigo

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

In the colonial period, rural India also came to produce a range of crops for the world market. In the early nineteenth century, indigo and opium were two of the major commercial crops. By the end of the century, peasants were producing sugarcane, cotton, jute, wheat and several other.

During the colonial rule in India, opium was produced in _____.

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  1. Rajasthan

  2. Delhi

  3. Goa

  4. Bengal

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The British East India Company established a monopoly on opium cultivation in the Indian province of Bengal, where they developed a method of growing opium poppies cheaply and abundantly.