July 12, 2025

Re Call – MCQ – Social Changes in Sri Lanka under the British -Economic Changes

 

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#1. What were the two main pillars of Sri Lanka’s traditional economy before the British era?

#2. What was the ‘Gamsabha’ in traditional Sri Lankan village life?

#3. How did the compulsory service system function in the traditional economy?

#4. What was the primary economic goal of the Colebrooke Reforms of 1833?

#5. A significant change introduced by the Colebrooke Reforms was the abolition of the compulsory service system and the introduction of a…

#6. The Colebrooke Reforms ended government monopolies, opening the trade of which two products to private investors?

#7. The Colebrooke tax reforms represented a shift from direct taxes (on land, fish) to what kind of taxes?

#8. What was the first plantation crop to expand rapidly in the upcountry regions of Kandy, Matale, and Badulla?

#9. What event led to the decline and eventual collapse of the coffee plantation industry in 1869?

#10. Which crop, used for quinine production, was attempted as an alternative to coffee but found only limited success in high-altitude areas?

#11. Who is celebrated as the pioneer of tea cultivation in Sri Lanka, starting at the Loolkandura Estate?

#12. By 1880, what was a distinctive feature of the coconut plantation sector?

#13. The massive expansion of the rubber industry in the early 20th century was driven by the high demand from which industry?

#14. The development of roads and railways, such as the Colombo-Kandy line completed in 1867, was primarily to support what?

#15. What was the fate of the traditional village councils (Gamsabha) under the centralized British administration?

#16. What new economic role did many women take on during the British period, especially in the plantation sector?

#17. The Agalawatta and Lunuwila research institutes were established to improve the cultivation of which crops, respectively?

#18. How did Governor Edward Barnes (1824–1831) contribute to the initial coffee boom?

#19. By 1920, rubber had become a major export crop, contributing what percentage of Sri Lanka’s export income?

#20. The Colebrooke Reforms allowed civil servants and foreigners to do what for the first time, which was crucial for establishing estates?

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