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#1. Which colonial power was responsible for starting mega-scale cultivations like tea, coconut, and rubber in Sri Lanka?

The Portuguese

The Dutch

The British

The French

#2. What major infrastructure improvement was initiated by Governor Edward Barns to connect the hill country with the coast?

The Colombo-Kandy railway line

The first postal service

The Colombo-Kandy road

The first telegram line

#3. In 1804, who established the first mill to pound coffee, marking an early introduction of industrial machinery to Sri Lanka?

Henry Ward

Edward Barns

A British company

Fredric North

#4. The establishment of large estates and factories for tea, rubber, and coconut created which new social class in Sri Lanka?

A new priestly class

An artisan guild

An estate and factory labor class

A maritime merchant class

#5. The construction of the Colombo-Kandy railway line began in 1863 under the administration of which governor?

Edward Barns

Henry Ward

Fredric North

Robert Brownrigg

#6. The new roads and bridges built during this period used modern materials, including iron for bridges and what for road surfaces?

Brick and mortar

Compressed earth

Wooden planks

Stone and tar

#7. What was the primary purpose of building an extensive transport system of roads and railways in colonial Sri Lanka?

To encourage local tourism

To connect ancient cities for cultural purposes

To move goods from estates to trade centers and the harbor

To facilitate the movement of troops

#8. When was the postal system, which initially used chariots, first established in Sri Lanka to connect major towns?

1815

1857

1804

1863

#9. The introduction of the first postal stamp in 1857 and the telegram service in 1858 replaced what traditional method of communication?

Smoke signals

Town criers

Sending messages via messenger

Carrier pigeons

#10. What was the direct impact of the new plantation economy on trade centers like Gampola and Badulla?

They were abandoned in favor of coastal cities

They were converted into military garrisons

They expanded and grew into industrialized cities

They remained small agricultural villages

#11. The economic system that became dominant in Sri Lanka during this period, centered on cash crops and foreign markets, was the:

Feudal System

Capitalist System

Barter System

Mercantilist System

#12. Besides the labor class, a new affluent, educated middle class emerged in Sri Lanka composed of:

British administrators and soldiers

Landowners and factory owners

Traditional village elders

Religious leaders

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