{"id":2170,"date":"2025-12-07T21:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=2170"},"modified":"2025-12-07T21:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:39:06","slug":"mcqs-based-on-modern-history-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mehnatt.com\/?p=2170","title":{"rendered":"MCQs Based On Modern History- (54)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q1. Which legal principle, introduced by the British in colonial India, emphasized that all individuals and authorities, including the government, must act in accordance with established laws?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Theocracy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Rule of Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Divine Right of Kings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Caste-Based Justice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 2. Rule of Law. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong>  The Rule of Law introduced by the British signified that no one, including government officials, was above the law. This was a major departure from earlier systems where rulers could act based on personal discretion or tradition, without being legally accountable. It aimed (in theory) to ensure legal equality and a system based on defined laws rather than arbitrary rule.\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q2. Which of the following was an exception to the principle of \u2018equality before law\u2019 during British rule?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Rich and poor were treated equally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Brahmins received harsher punishments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Europeans had separate courts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">All legal proceedings were free of cost.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. Europeans had separate courts. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Despite claiming legal equality, Europeans were tried only in European courts, receiving leniency and protection, leading to frequent miscarriages of justice.\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q3. What was the primary reason increasing intervention of British in India\u2019s social and cultural life after 1813?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">To spread Christianity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">To preserve traditional Indian customs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Influence of the Industrial Revolution and rising liberal ideas in Britain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Pressure from Indian reform movements<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. Influence of the Industrial Revolution and rising liberal ideas in Britain. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> After 1813, Britain\u2019s social and cultural policy in India shifted due to major transformations back home \u2014 particularly the Industrial Revolution, which created economic motives (like turning India into a market for British goods), and the spread of Enlightenment and liberal thought, which encouraged a belief in &#8220;civilizing&#8221; colonized societies. These influences led the British to interfere more actively in Indian society, aiming to reform and reshape it according to Western ideals.\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q4. What was a major achievement of the early British police in India?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Suppression of thuggee and dacoity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Banning child marriage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Ending zamindari system<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Introducing modern education<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 1. Suppression of thuggee and dacoity. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> The early police under British rule succeeded in reducing crimes like dacoity and suppressing thuggee, which involved organized robbery and murder on highways.\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q5. What was one of the negative outcomes of the British-introduced judicial system?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It was based on divine law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Justice was speedy and cheap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">It became expensive and slow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Only customary law was followed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"acc\">View Answer<\/button>\n<div class=\"pnl\">\n  <p style=\"padding-top:5px;color:#27302a;font-size:1.2rem;\"><b>Correct Option:<\/b> 3. It became expensive and slow. <br\/>\n<strong>Explanation:<\/strong> Though the system promoted rule of law and equality, in practice it became costly, slow, and corrupt, making it inaccessible for the poor and vulnerable.\n<\/p> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q1. 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