The Drain Theory CDS Questions

The Drain Theory MCQ Questions

7.
The British expenditure incurred in England by the Secretary of State on behalf of India was officially called:
A.
Crown Levies
B.
Home Charges
C.
War Indemnities
D.
Imperial Tribute
ANSWER :
B. Home Charges
8.
Which of the following did NOT constitute the 'Home Charges'?
A.
Salaries and pensions of British personnel engaged in India
B.
Interest on Public Debt raised in England
C.
Funds used for waging wars outside India by Britain (i.e., wars unrelated to Indian defence)
D.
Expenses of the India Office in London
ANSWER :
C. Funds used for waging wars outside India by Britain (i.e., wars unrelated to Indian defence)
9.
As per Dadabhai Naoroji's estimates, what fraction of Indian revenue was being drained to England in the late 19th century?
A.
About one-half
B.
About three-fourths
C.
About one-fourth
D.
About one-tenth
ANSWER :
C. About one-fourth
10.
According to nationalist estimates cited in Spectrum, the economic drain was approximately equivalent to which of the following?
A.
About one-fifth of foreign trade earnings
B.
About one-tenth of the total government revenue
C.
Less than the salt tax revenue
D.
More than the total land revenue of India
ANSWER :
D. More than the total land revenue of India
11.
Which famous remark — 'It is an exhausting drain upon the resources of the country, the issue of which is replaced by no reflex' — is associated with the Drain Theory in 'India Reform Tract' II, p. 3?
A.
Originally written by Karl Marx
B.
Made by John Stuart Mill in his economics textbook
C.
Quoted by Dadabhai Naoroji from Mill's History of India
D.
Said by Lord Curzon in Parliament
ANSWER :
C. Quoted by Dadabhai Naoroji from Mill's History of India
12.
Who made the famous statement: 'Our system acts very much like a sponge, drawing up all the good things from the banks of the Ganges, and squeezing them down on the banks of the Thames'?
A.
Dadabhai Naoroji
B.
John Sullivan
C.
William Bentinck
D.
George Wingate
ANSWER :
B. John Sullivan