Multiple Choice Questions for APPSC GROUP II (MAINS
EXAM.)2024
PAPER – I (150M)
SECTION- A
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA
PRADESH (75M)
(3)Advent of Europeans - Trade centers -
Andhra under the Company
Northern Circars in 18th Century (Economic
activities i.e., Administrative and Agriculture etc.)
(Set 9)
Notes prepared by : Praturi Potayya Sarma
Please Note: The
following notes is for only guidance purpose. For clarification of any doubt,
please refer to any standard text book.
1)Prior to the organization of the Northern Circars into revenue districts in 1794 AD, there existed Provincil
Chiefs and Councils at which of the following ?
a)Masulipatnam ; Visakhapatnam and
b)a Residency at Ganjam
c)Both (a) (b)
d) None of these
Ans : c
2)In 1794 AD, four divisions were created and Collectors
were put in charge of management and superintendence of revenue. These four
divisions were :
a)1st division of Rajamandry circar; 2nd division of Eluru and
Rajamandry circar
b)3rd division of Eluru and Rajamandry
circar ;
4th Division of Kondapalli and Mustafanagar circar
c)A Collector was
appointed separately in the Guntur Circar
d)All the abvove
Ans : d (Source:
Letter form Lord Hobert, Governor – in- Council, Fort St.George, December,1794)
3)What are ‘Haveli lands’?
Ans : The lands that were under the immediate management
of the previous government without the intervention of Zamindars or Jagirdars
(holders of land given by government as reward for services) were called haveli
lands and these became direct posseion of the Company
AGRARIAN ECONOMY :
4)The zamindars of large estates appropriated a
substantial part of the surplus produced by the peasantry and remitted the
remaining portion to the state. Which of
the following is corrct ?
Ans:Their rights were so absolute that they not only
levied land and sayer (transit) duties but also collected moturpha (tax levided
on artisans, traders and other mercantile groups ) and other informal taxes
from the various social groups of the region.
5)Land holdings in Godavari district : (I)Mirasidars : For
them hereditary privileges (rights appeared to have been the prerogative of
hereditary land holders called viz.,Kadeems (tenant cultivators) (at the
village level.) Which of the following is correct ?
a) Ekabhogam : sole proprietorship
b)Palabhogam : joint proprietorship
c)Samudayam : Communal ownership
d)All the above
Ans : d ( Source :
A.D.Campbel, Acting Collector, Rajahmundry
around 1807 AD )
6) Under the right of possession of land claimed by
mirasidars, there existed the right to cultivation often claimed by the people
called ‘Payakaris’. They comprised two groups :
a)Ulparakudi payakaris (or ulkudi payakaris) or resident
cultivators (permanent tenants of the mirasidar resding in the same village )
b)Ururkudi payakaris or non-resident cultivators
c)Urukudi payakaris were normally tenants at will,
working under contract, who would have no proprietary rights .
d) All the above
Ans: d
7)In the pre-colonial village economy, there were three
groups of cultivators (in Andhra)?
a)Kadeems
b)Ulkudi payakaris
c)Urukudi payakaris
d)All the above
8) In the case of alienated lands of all types, which of
the following is correct (in Andhra)?
a)’inam’ lands and ‘manium’ lands (land held rent free
and in hereditary and perpetual occupation)
b)Lands assigned for the purpose of temples and mosques or other endowed institutions
c)Both (a) & (b)
d)All the above
Ans : d
9)Prior to the introduction of the Permanent Land
Settlement in 1802 AD, in Northern Circars, the principal modes of revenue collection in
zamindari areas were those from
a) ‘asara’ lands (wet lands dependent only on tank or
canal irrigation )
b) ‘visabadi’
system (lands or profits allotted among hereditary owners) and renting
systems
c)The division of the surplus produce among the different
cultivators was based on share cropping
d) All the above
Ans : d
10) Which of the following is correct (in Andhra)?
a)Wet grains or nunjah crops
b)dry grains or punjah crops
c)The rates of assessment and shares apportioned based on the status of the persons who held
those lands
d)All the above
11)The British East India Company introduced the Permanent Settlement in
1802 AD in the northern Coromandel, similar to that of __________.
Ans : Bengal Settlement of 1793
12)Within a decade of operation of the Permanent
Settlement of 1802, it showed signs of decaly ?
a)in Godavari district by 1810
b)in Guntur district by 1820s
c)in Masulipatnamdistrirct by 1830
d) All the above
Ans : d
13) In the revenue collection after Permanent Settlement
of 1802 AD, which came (in Andhra)?
Ans : Village lease system of revenue collection (This period was called as ‘transitional’ in
the revenue history of the region )
14) Most of the zamindari areas and a few haveli lands
were situated in which of the major river basin areas?
a)the Godavari
b)The Krishna
c)The pennar
d)All the above
Ans : d
15)Which of the following is correct about famines in
Northern Circar districts i.e., Andhra ?
a)The famine of 1790-92 AD was the worst, engulfing
almost all the four district and all sections of society.
b)Masulipatnam district was affected by another famine in
1807 AD
c)In 1823-24 AD , there was a minor famine in Godavari
district
d)All the above (in
and around 1833AD another famine affected Guntur district )
Ans : d
16) Uppena (inundation of coastal district / severe
cyclones), which of the following is correct ?
a)May 20, 1787 port towns of Coringa, Ingeram (near
Kakinada), Nursapur were disastrously affected
b)Dcember, 1800 AD cyclone made huge loss in Guntur
district
c) In 1839 AD another cyclone affected raged from coast
of Visakahpatnam to Nursapur
d)All the above (Such storms and cyclones disrupted
production of textiles, affected shipping and river transportation and had a
drastic impact on the marketing of cotton fabrics
Ans : d
17)During the second half of the eighteenth century, the
Dutch marketing activities are restricted to which of the following (in Andha)?
a)Jagannadhapuram (Cocanada)
b)Palakollu
c)Masulipatnam
d)All the above
Ans : d
18)French East India Company enjoyed considerable trading
privileges with brief intervals at ?
a )Visakhapatnam,
b)Yanam (from
1816AD to till 20th century: French retained prime position)
c)Ingeram (near Rajahmundry), Maddelapollam , and
Masulipatnam
d)All the above
Ans : d
19)The East India Company of England, the entire
commercial organization was broadly divided into three parts?
a)The Court of Directors in England
b)The Board of Trade in Madras
c) the Company’s establishment at the factory with
Commercial Resident as Chief
d)All the above
Ans : d
20) IN 1826 AD, one Madras pagoda (Currency ) is equal to
how much ?
a) approximately 4 Rupees
21)Who was the Telugu interpreter to the French and Hyderjung
to put down Ranga Rao, the Raja of Vizianagaram ?
a)Dubashi Lakshmanna
22)In Gogulapati Kurma Nadha poet, Simhadri Narsimha Satakamu (c 1750 ) whose
name was mentioned ?
a)Kondregula Jogeepantulu
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ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF ANDHRA IN 18TH
CENTURY
1)Which of the following
is correct ?
a) In 1687 AD, the kingdom
of Golconda was occupied by Aurangzeb as a result , Telangana and large part of
Andhra became parts of Mughal empire
b)With the death of
Aurangzeb in 1707 AD, the disintegration of Mughal empire set in
c)The weavers and artisan classes in Andhra were able to
survive as their products were readily
purchased by the European traders.
d) All the above
Ans : d
2) The textile industry in
Andhra was widely diffused in the 18th Century . Which of the following is correct ?
a)Production of fine and
superfine clothes was concentrated in particular towns.
b)Berhampur was noted for
its quality silks and Srikakulam for its muslins
c)Machilipatnam was a
world famous centre for chintzes (i.e., Kalamkari) and palampores (i.e., hand
printed bed sheets/covers)
d)All the above
Ans : d
3)The zamindars were of
three types in the 18th century in Andhra ?
a)Velamas who were driven
out of the Carnatic by the Muslim armies and who had established themselves on
the borders of the Krishna river
b)The Rachawars of Orissa
who were forced to leave the plains and return to the hilly area of north of Godavari
c)Oriyas, who after the fall of the Gajapati
empire in Orissa established themselves in Srikakulam districts.
d) All the above
Ans : d
4)The military forces of
the zamindars (of Andhra ) were of three kinds in the 18th century
.What are they ?
a)Common peons who were
paid in cash and were expected to be in common attendance
b)The Mokkasa who were
paid by the grant of land
c)The manovarty peons who
were military tenents of a high order bound to bring their adherents to the
field.
d) All the above
Ans : d
5)Which of the following
is correct about the lands in northern
circars in Andhra in 18th century (Lands divided into two
categories)?
a)Category One : the
Zamindari land
b)Category Two : Haveli or
Government land
c)The land assessment was
1/5 th of the produce
d)All the above
Ans : d
6)Which of the following
is correct (in the 18th century in Andhra )?
a)The zamindars were
notorious for their oppression of the peasantry
b)Zamindars also collected
land customs on all articles of commerce like food, cattle, salt etc.These
taxes known as ‘Sunkams’ were collected at short intervals
c) In addition , there
were also imposts under various names
like ‘Loomtax’ or ‘Motoorpha’ was also levied.
d) All the above
Ans : d
7)Which of the following
is correct in the 18th century?
a)Circar region of Andhra
produced rice in abundance
b)The Circar region’s
forests produced a fine variety of teak
which was used in ship building industry at Corinka. It was able to
withstand competition from outside
c)The fishing industry was
also highly developed
d) All the above
Ans : d
8) The inland commerce and
maritime exports of the circar region of Andhra
was how much?
Ans : to the tune of Rs.75
lakh per year ( in the 18th century) ?
9)For ship building
industry which place was famous in Andhra in the 18th century ?
Ans : Coringa / Corinka
(Near Kakinada )
10)Which place was famous
for Chintzes and Palampores in the 18th century in Andhra ?
Ans : Machilipatnam
(nearby village : Pedana )
11)Land assessment tax was
how much in Andhra in 18th century ?
a) 1/5 th of the produce
12) What is Motoorpha ?
Ans : Tax on artisans and looms etc.
