Poverty and Un-British Rule in India written by

Question 1: Who wrote the book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?

(a) R.C. Dutt

(b) Dadabhai Naoroji

(c) W.C. Bannerjee

(d) Debendranath Tagore

 

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Question 2: In which year the book “Poverty and Un-British Rule in India” was published?

(a) 1848

(b) 1865

(c) 1893

(d) 1901

 

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Answer with explanation

Answer 1: (b) Dadabhai Naoroji

Answer 2: (d) 1901

The book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India was written by Dadabhai Naoroji and published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co. in London in 1901. The book elaborates on the “drain of wealth” theory propounded by Dadabhai Naoroji.

The book consists of a long essay “The Poverty of India”. This essay was presented by Dadabhai Naoroji at the East India Association in Bombay in 1876. Subsequently, this essay was also published in London in 1886.

So, the correct answer for the above question is (d) 1901. If the question was in which year “The Poverty of India” was published, then the correct answer would have been 1886.

Also read: Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man of India

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