Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonialism and the Countryside

Question:

Where was British colonial rule first established in the Indian subcontinent?

Options:

Calicut

Surat

Bengal

Hyderabad

Correct Answer:

Bengal

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Bengal

"Colonial rule was first established in Bengal. It is here that the earliest attempts were made to reorder rural society and establish a new regime of land rights and a new revenue system."