INDIA ON EVE OF INDEPENDENCE : IED(classwork)

Indian Economy under British rule was:

• DEVELOPED ECONOMY

• DEVELOPING ECONOMY

• GROWING ECONOMY

• UNDERDEVELOPED ECONOMY

Most of India’s population during British rule was dependent on which sector for a living?

• a) Primary sector

• b) Secondary sector

• C)tertiary sector

• d)all of the above

British rulers policy towards industrialization in India was to make India mainly:

• a) Importer of primary products from Britain and exporter of finished products to Britain

• b) Importer of finished products from Britain and exporter of primary products to Britain

• c) Exporter of both primary products and finished products

• d) Importer of both primary products and finished products

One of the following was high during the British rule over India:

• a) Literacy rate

• b) Female literacy

• c) Infant mortality rate

• d) Life expectancy

Whose estimate of national income was considered very significant?

• a) Debadhai Naroji

• b) William Digby

• c) RC Desai

• d) VKRV Rao

_________ is one of the main positive contributions made by the British in India.

• a) Construction of all-weather roads

• b) Introduction of railways

• c) Development of inland trade and sea lanes

• d) None of these

Despite being the major source of livelihood, the agriculture sector continued to experience stagnation and deterioration during the British rule in India because of:

• a) decline of handicraft

• b) land tenure system

• c) drain of India’s wealth

• d) none of the above

Read the following statements relating to the demographic condition of India during British Rule and choose the correct sequence of these statements.

i) Overall mortality rate was very high

ii) Water and airborne diseases were rampant

iii) Public health services were either unavailable or were inadequate

iv) Infant mortality was at an alarming level

• a) i), ii), iii), iv)

• b) iii), ii), i), iv)

• c) ii), i), iii), iv)

• d) iv), i), ii), iii)

Suez Canal was opened in:

• 1867

• 1868

• 1869

• 1870

Arrange the following events of India before the independence in chronological order:

i) The opening of the Suez Canal ii) Introduction of the railways iii) Second stage of demographic transition iv) Incorporation of the Tata Iron and Steel Company

• a) i), ii), iii), iv)

• b) iii), ii), i), iv)

• c) ii), i), iv), iii)

• d) iv), i), ii), iii)