This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Commerce > Economics Indian Economic Development > Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 1 Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 1 Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The main motive of British policies was A) To develop Indian economy. B) To serve the interest of England. C) To create infrastructure in India. D) To civilise Indians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To serve the interest of England. 2. The most important infrastructure developed during the British period A) Airways. B) Railways. C) Waterways. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Railways. 3. What was the state of India's manufacturing industry on the eve of Independence? A) Self-sufficient. B) Underdeveloped. C) Highly developed. D) Fully industrialized. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Underdeveloped. 4. What is secondary sources? A) Interview session with the sample. B) Publications, government documents, brochures, newsletters, annual reports. C) Any data gained from a survey or questionnaires. D) Data collect from an experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Publications, government documents, brochures, newsletters, annual reports. 5. Tata Airlines, a division of Tata and Sons was established in 1932. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 6. Land holdings on the eve of independence were: A) Small. B) Fragmented. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 7. What percentage of the country's population depends on tertiary sector during independence? A) 50. B) 10. C) 30. D) 15-20. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 15-20. 8. What was the nature of the Indian economy on the eve of independence? A) Backward. B) Stagnant. C) Underdeveloped. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. India was under British rule which lasted for almost ..... centuries. A) 1. B) 3. C) 2. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 10. Last census operation conducted by British in india A) 1941. B) 1881. C) 1951. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1941. 11. The most important infrastructure developed by the British rulers in Indian economy was A) Inland water transport. B) Roads. C) Overseas shipping. D) Railways. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Railways. 12. The main reason for decline in handicraft industry during the colonial rule was: A) Lack of raw materials. B) Lack of Skilled workers. C) Discriminatory tariff policy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discriminatory tariff policy. 13. ..... is described as a "year of great divide" . A) 1932. B) 1911. C) 1942. D) 1921. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1921. 14. What was the objective behind the growth and development of means of transport during the British period? A) To industrialise the country. B) To serve the interest of Indian company. C) To transport finished goods from England to the interiors of colonial India. D) Development of infrastructure in India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To transport finished goods from England to the interiors of colonial India. 15. Suez canal was opened for transport in ..... A) 1853. B) 1869. C) 1850. D) 1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1869. 16. Life expectancy on the eve of independence was A) 45 years. B) 68 years. C) 42 years. D) 32 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 32 years. 17. Which of the following highlights the backwardness of the agriculture on the eve of independence? A) Gulf between the owners of the soil and the tiller of the soil. B) Small and fragmented holdings. C) Exploitative land settlement system under the British Raj. D) Forced commercialisation of agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small and fragmented holdings. 18. Tata Iron ans Steel Company was set up in A) Mumbai, Maharashtra. B) Jamshedpur, Bihar. C) Patna, Bihar. D) Ahemdabad, Gujrat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jamshedpur, Bihar. 19. Which of the following sectors had the smallest share of employment before independence? A) Tertiary sector. B) Secondary sector. C) Primary sector. D) Agricultural sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary sector. 20. During British period the first iron and steel factory was establiished in A) Bokaro. B) Durgapur. C) Rourkela. D) Jameshedpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jameshedpur. 21. What was the objective of the Green Revolution in India? A) Increase industrial production. B) Promote self-reliance in food grains. C) Expand foreign trade. D) Improve infrastructure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Promote self-reliance in food grains. 22. What was the major drawback of the land revenue system implemented by the British? A) Excessive taxation on farmers. B) Lack of land ownership for farmers. C) Lack of irrigation facilities. D) Lack of market access for farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Excessive taxation on farmers. 23. What was the percentage of people living in village and deriving their livelihood from agriculture during British period in India? A) 88%. B) 79%. C) 72%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 72%. 24. The period of the second five year plan was A) 1956-1961. B) 1952-1957. C) 1951-1956. D) 1950-1955. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1956-1961. 25. When was railways introduced in India? A) 1848. B) 1850. C) 1856. D) 1851. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1850. 26. What was the liife expectancy in India durin British rule? A) 44. B) 65. C) 38. D) 32. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 44. 27. Who authored the book "India Divided" ? A) Dr Rajendra Prasad. B) Anartya Sen. C) Dadabhai Naroji. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr Rajendra Prasad. 28. How railways affected the structure of Indian economy during British period? A) It gave opportunity to Indian people to get freedom from British rule. B) It helped Indian farmers. C) Fostered commercialisation of Indian agriculture which affected self sufficiency of villages. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fostered commercialisation of Indian agriculture which affected self sufficiency of villages. 29. What do you understand by 'India's drain of wealth'? A) India creates more wealth by selling handicrafts. B) Indians waste wealth on purchase of foreign goods. C) Trade surplus was used for Britain's expenses. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade surplus was used for Britain's expenses. 30. What strategy did the British use to control India's industrial sector? A) Nationalization. B) Privatization. C) Decentralization. D) Centralization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decentralization. 31. The export surplus generated during colonial rule mainly benefited: A) Indian farmers. B) British industries. C) Indian textile workers. D) Indian traders. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British industries. 32. During British rule, high mortality rate was due to A) Inadequate public health facilities. B) Occurrence of frequent natural calamities. C) Both (a) and (b). D) Neither (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 33. What was the principal source of occupation during the British rule? A) Agriculture. B) Mining. C) Manufacturing. D) Trade and Commerce. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture. 34. The main reason for stagnation in agriculture during the British rule was: A) Lack of technology. B) Commercialisation of agriculture. C) Land tenure system. D) De-industrialisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land tenure system. 35. Which of the following bodies was engaged in the formulation of five year plans in India? A) Planning commission. B) National development council. C) Finance minister. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Planning commission. 36. What was the impact of British colonial actions on the Indian economy? A) Left it unchanged. B) Exploited it. C) Strengthened it. D) Modernized it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploited it. 37. Intermediaries between the colonial Government and present work called A) Mahajans. B) Zamindari. C) Ryotwari. D) Zamindars. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zamindars. 38. Suaz Canal was opened in A) 1869. B) 1870. C) 1868. D) 1867. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1869. 39. Whose estimates during the Colonial Period were considered very significant? A) VKRV Rao. B) Desai. C) Shirras. D) MK Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) VKRV Rao. 40. On the eve of independence Indian economy was considered as A) Developed economy. B) Developing economy. C) Underdeveloped. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Underdeveloped. 41. What infrastructure did the British build in India to extend their market for industrial goods? A) Ports. B) Railways. C) Airports. D) Highways. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Railways. 42. Which one of the following is not a step of planning A) Valuation of objectives. B) Estalishing objectives. C) To forecast. D) Introduction of employees on the job. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introduction of employees on the job. 43. Under colonial dispensation the economic policies of the government were concerned with A) Development of handicraft industries. B) Development of the colonised country. C) Promotion of British economic interest. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Promotion of British economic interest. 44. Who made the first attempt to estimate India's national income? A) William Digby. B) Dadabhai Naroji. C) R.C Desai. D) V.K.R.V.Rao. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dadabhai Naroji. 45. Land ceiling refers to ..... A) Fixing rural land holding at the existing level. B) Fixing qantum of land held by an individual. C) Fixing urban land holding at the existing level. D) Fixing land area for irrigation purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixing qantum of land held by an individual. 46. Which of the following was an exposed item of India on the eve of independence? A) Jute. B) Sugar. C) Indigo. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 47. High value of which of the following indicators reflected social backwardness during the British rule in India? A) Infant Mortality Rate. B) Life Expectancy. C) Literacy Rate. D) Female literacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infant Mortality Rate. 48. Infrastructure refers to A) Elements of economic change. B) Elements of social change. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 49. What proportion of work force was employed in the manufacturing sector? A) 10%. B) 20%. C) 25%. D) 15%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10%. 50. What is another name for the service sector? A) Primary sector. B) Tertiary sector. C) Secondary sector. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tertiary sector. 51. Gender bias in the society on the eve of independence was indicated by A) Literacy rate. B) Mortality rate. C) Death rate. D) Life expectancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literacy rate. 52. Example of secondary data is A) Newspaper. B) Field enquiry. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newspaper. 53. First population census of India was conducted in A) 1907. B) 1921. C) 1881. D) 1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1881. 54. What was the life expectancy in India during British rule? A) 32. B) 65. C) 38. D) 44. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 44. 55. 3 British rule introduced railways in India ..... A) 1876. B) 1970. C) 1850. D) 1867. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1850. 56. Distribution of working population among different sectors of the economy is called: A) Occupational structure. B) Output structure. C) Gender structure. D) Population structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Occupational structure. 57. Per capita income= A) Gross domestic product /national income X 100. B) National income /population. C) Gross domestic product /national income. D) National income /population X 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) National income /population. 58. In which states cotton textile mills started by Indians? A) Bengal and Bihar. B) Gujarat and Rajasthan. C) Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. D) Maharashtra and Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maharashtra and Gujarat. 59. Opening the swiss canal in ..... significantly reduced cost of transportation of goods between Britain and India. A) 1865. B) 1869. C) 1889. D) 1885. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1869. 60. Which was the most important infrastructure developed during the British rule? A) Roadways. B) Water transport. C) Railways. D) Air transport. 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