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 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 1 Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Swez canal was opened in: A) 1907. B) 1869. C) 1901. D) 1921. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1869. 2. What was the condition of agricultural sector growth of India on the eve of independence A) Decreasing. B) Stagnant. C) Increasing. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stagnant. 3. What was the nature of indian economy on the eve of independence A) Stagnant. B) Backward. C) Underdeveloped. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 4. Which was the last five year plan in India? A) 14th. B) 11th. C) 13th. D) 12th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12th. 5. What was the percentage of population dependent directly or indirectly on agriculture? A) 60. B) 75. C) 85. D) 65. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 85. 6. What is the tax or duty on imports called? A) Tariff. B) Quota. C) Export. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tariff. 7. Land settlement system was introduced by A) British government. B) Indian Government. C) Zamindar. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British government. 8. What was the impact of the Second World War on India's resources? A) They were preserved. B) They were devastated. C) They were expanded. D) They were unaffected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were devastated. 9. During 1947-48, India's export were estimated at A) Rs.389 crore. B) Rs.602 crore. C) Rs.403 crore. D) Rs.319 crore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rs.403 crore. 10. Capital goods industries are those: A) Which can produce consumer goods. B) Which can give services. C) Which can produce machine tools. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Which can produce machine tools. 11. Which of the following is a cash crop? A) Rice. B) Wheat. C) Cotton. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton. 12. Mahalanobis Modal was started in ..... Five year plan. A) Second. B) Eleventh. C) Tenth. D) First. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second. 13. When was first official Census conducted in India? A) 1921. B) 1911. C) 1881. D) 1891. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1881. 14. Assertion (A):India inherited a well-developed infrastructure from the British.Reason (R):Britishers developed roads and introduced railways in India. A) A and R both correct. R is correct explanation of A. B) A and R both correct. R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is true but R is false. D) A is false but R is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A is false but R is true. 15. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869: A) Adversely affected the monopoly control of India's foreign trade. B) Reduced the cost of transportation of goods between India and Britain. C) Enhanced inter-state trade in India. D) Reduced the export of goods from India to Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reduced the cost of transportation of goods between India and Britain. 16. Which industry received major setback during colonial rule? A) Cement. B) Paper. C) Handicraft. D) Iron and steel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Handicraft. 17. ..... recorded an increase in workforce engaged in agriculture sector. A) Rajasthan. B) Punjab. C) Kerala. D) Both a and b. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and b. 18. Indian handicraft products enjoyed a world wide market based on: A) The reputation of the fine quality of the material used. B) The high standards of the craftsmanship. C) Both of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the above. 19. What was the state of India's economy and planning in foreign commerce on the eve of Independence? A) Stable. B) Thriving. C) Growing rapidly. D) In dire straits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In dire straits. 20. During the time of Indian independence what was IMR? A) 216. B) 218. C) 220. D) 214. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 218. 21. When was cotton mill industry started in India A) 1947. B) 1854. C) 1881. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1854. 22. Indian economy at the time of independence was a/an ..... economy. A) Industrial. B) Agricultural. C) Only (a) and not (b). D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agricultural. 23. TISCO was set up in which year? A) 1907. B) 1807. C) 1947. D) 1917. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1907. 24. "The state of West Bengal witnessed a decline in dependency of workforce on agricultural sector" A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Which year is described as year of great divide A) 1941. B) 1931. C) 1911. D) 1921. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1921. 26. Natural rate of unemployment is consistent with the situation of A) Structural unemployment. B) Over employment. C) Full employment. D) Underemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Full employment. 27. During the time of Indian independence what was the literacy rate? A) Less than 16%. B) Less than 12%. C) Less than 15%. D) Less than 18%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Less than 16%. 28. Which of the following does NOT describe the demographic condition of India during the colonial rule A) Low death rate. B) Low life expectancy. C) Poor health facilities. D) Low literacy rate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Low death rate. 29. In which year was India's first five year plan launched? A) 1951. B) 1955. C) 1947. D) 1940. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1951. 30. Name the industry which was not come up after the Second World War. A) Cement. B) Paper. C) Sugar. D) Textile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Textile. 31. What was the state of communication, transportation, and energy infrastructure in India? A) Underdeveloped. B) Fully modernized. C) Moderately developed. D) Highly advanced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Underdeveloped. 32. In which year British introduced Railways in India? A) 1848. B) 1850. C) 1851. D) 1860. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1850. 33. What was the Discriminatory tariff policy? A) Tariff free export of finished goods from India and tariff free import of raw material from Britain. B) Tariff free export of raw material from India and tariff free import of finished goods from Britain. C) Both option (A) and (B). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tariff free export of raw material from India and tariff free import of finished goods from Britain. 34. Which of the following handicraft product of India enjoyed a world wide market before the advent of the British rule? A) Cotton and Silk textiles. B) ALL. C) Metal works. D) Precious stone works. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ALL. 35. Which industry faced a major setback due to partition A) Wheat. B) Jute. C) Rice. D) Millets. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jute. 36. What was the life expectancy at birth in India on the eve of Independence? A) 44 years. B) 50 years. C) 60 years. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 44 years. 37. India's economy under the British rule remained fundamentally: A) Agrarian. B) Developed. C) Industrial. D) Independent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agrarian. 38. 1 The Battel of Plassey was fought in ..... A) 1857. B) 1957. C) 1776. D) 1757. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1757. 39. What was the percentage of the working population employed in the industrial sector on the eve of Independence? A) 5.1%. B) 15.3%. C) 10.2%. D) 20.5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10.2%. 40. In which state there had been no significant increase in the share of workforce in agriculture during the time of Independence? A) Orissa. B) Rajasthan. C) Punjab. D) Jharkhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jharkhand. 41. The foundation of British empire in India was laid by Battle of Plassey fought in A) 1747. B) 1757. C) 1763. D) 1857. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1757. 42. DecLine in handicraft industries leads to A) Massive unemployment. B) Import of finished goods. C) Both a n b. D) Neither a nor b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a n b. 43. Which Indian industry received a setback due to country's partition? A) Cotton textile. B) Jute goods. C) Silk textile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jute goods. 44. Life expectancy refers A) Average longevity of life in a country. B) Average birth rate of country in a year. C) Average death rate of a country in a year. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Average longevity of life in a country. 45. Which of the states able to reduce dependence of the workforce on the agricultural sector during British rule? A) Rajasthan. B) Punjab. C) Orissa. D) Tamil Nadu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tamil Nadu. 46. Life expectancy in Indianduring the colonial period A) 44. B) 32. C) 50. D) 60. E) 66. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 44. 47. One of the main reason behind infrastructural development by Britishers in India was A) To develop India. B) To maintain control over Indian territory. C) None of these. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To maintain control over Indian territory. 48. The first official census of India occurred in the year A) 1881. B) 1921. C) 1871. D) 1821. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1881. 49. What was the percentage of people living in villages and deriving their livelihood from agriculture during Britsh period in India? A) 88%. B) 72%. C) 25%. D) 79%. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 72%. 50. When was the first census data collected during the british India? A) 1981. B) 1982. C) 1881. D) 1882. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1881. 51. On the eve of independence, only heavy and basic industries were developed in the Indian economy. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. Name the Finance Minister of India A) Arun Jetly. B) Nirmala Sitaraman. C) P.Chidambaram. D) Urjit Patel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nirmala Sitaraman. 53. The motive behind the systematic de-industrialisation during the British rule in India was: A) The exploit India's wealth of raw material and primary products. B) To exploit India's as a potential market for the industry products of Britain. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 54. India became an exporter of primary products during British Raj. Which among the following products was not exported during those days? A) Jute. B) Cotton. C) Indigo. D) Artificial Dyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Artificial Dyes. 55. Pick the correct year for the given event:TISCO A) 1909. B) 1906. C) 1908. D) 1907. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1907. 56. What was the condition of productivity and production in India during British rule? A) At an all-time high. B) At an all-time low. C) Steadily increasing. D) Unchanged. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At an all-time low. 57. When was telegraph introduce in india A) 1853. B) 1850. C) 1840. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1853. 58. The contribution of the new industrial sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded significantly during British rule. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 59. Suez canal provides direct trade route between: A) European ports and South Asia ports. B) European ports and East Asia ports. C) European ports and East African ports. D) Both a and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and c. 60. The growth rate of India's per capita income during the colonial period was approximately: A) 1%. B) 2%. C) 0.5%. D) 0.3%. 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