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WorksheetsIndian economy at the eve of independence
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Among the following estimators whose estimates of per capita income of India during the colonial period was considered very significant:
Dadabhai Naoroji
William Digby
R.C. Desai
V.K.R.V. Rao
Indian economy under British rule was:
Developed economy
Developing economy
Underdeveloped economy
Growing economy
One of the following statements about Indian economy is not true. Identify the false statement.
Indian agriculture was flourishing before the advent of the British
India's foreign trade throughout the colonial period was marked by a large export surplus
India had a sound industrial base under the British
British developed the railway system in India for their own benefits
National Income is:
Sum of Rent paid during an accounting year
Sum of interest earned during an accounting year
Sum of wages paid during an accounting year
Sum of factor income during an accounting year
One of the following was high during British rule over India:
Literacy rate
Female literacy rate
Infant mortality rate
Life expectancy
High birth rate and low Death rate represents__________ stage of demographic transition.
Third
First
Second
First and Second
Which of the following statement id true regarding demographic profile of India during the colonial rule?
Life expectancy was 63 year
Infant mortality rate was around 70 per thousand live birth
Overall literacy rate level was less than 16 percent
Both birth rate and death rate were quite low
During the British rule, high mortality rate due to:
Inadequate public health facilities
Occurrence of frequent natural calamities
Both (a) and (b)
Neither (a) nor (b)
_______ sector generally takes the output of the primary sector and manufactures ______ goods.
Agriculture, Finished
Secondary, semi- finished
Tertiary, Raw
Industrial, Finished
Intially, the industrial development was confined to the stage of:
Cotton textile mills
Jute textile mills
Cotton and jute textile mills
Capital goods industry
