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With reference to the period of colonial rule in India, "Home Charges" formed an important part of drain of wealth from India. Which of the following funds constituted Home Charges?
1. Funds used to support the India Office in London.
2. Funds used to pay salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India.
3. Funds used for waging wars outside India by the British.
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Important Questions on Modern History

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 4>Q 58
Under the Permanent Settlement of 1793, the Zamindars were required to issue pattas to the farmers, which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. The reason was:
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 4>Q 61
Who among the following leaders did not believe in the drain theory of Dadabhai Naoroji?
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 4>Q 62
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 4>Q 63

Match the land revenue settlements with the areas where they were introduced by the British in India

List I List II
A. Permanent Settlement 1. Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, East Bengal, portions of Assam and Coorg
B. Ryotwari System 2. Agra, Awadh, NWFP, ceded and conquered provinces
C. Mahalwari System 3. Northern Karnataka
  4. Bengal, Bihar and Orissa

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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 4>Q 64
Silk routes are a good example of vibrant pre-modern trade and cultural links between distant parts of the world. Which one among the following is not true of silk routes?
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 4>Q 65
According to the passage, the perman-ent settlement vested
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Before the permanent settlement the peasants enjoyed
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14000+ Objective Questions General Studies>Chapter 3 - Modern History>Exercise 4>Q 67
Patta was a written agreement between the