This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 1 Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Economics (Indian Economic Development) Chapter 1 Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence Quiz 10 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Farming in which crops are produced to provide for the basic needs of the family is called A) Stagnant agriculture. B) Subsistence agriculture. C) Commercial agriculture. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subsistence agriculture. 2. Identify the industries which were under public sector during the colonial period: A) Animation. B) Information and technology. C) Railway. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Railway. 3. What is a capital good industry? A) Industry which requires more capital. B) Industry which produces machines and its equipments. C) Industry which provides monetary capital. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industry which produces machines and its equipments. 4. The major cause of decay of Indian handicrafts during British Rule: A) Low priced machine made goods. B) Discriminatory tariff policy. C) Both (a) and (b). D) Neither (a) nor (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 5. India was reduced to an importer of primary products. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. When was the planning commission set up? A) 1949. B) 1950. C) 1951. D) 1850. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1950. 7. Infant mortality rate during 1947 was A) 218 children per thousand births. B) 318 children per thousand births. C) 228 children per thousand births. D) 238 children per thousand births. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 218 children per thousand births. 8. When was the population of British India was estimated for the first time? A) 1881. B) 1981. C) 1781. D) 1681. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1881. 9. Which of the following is not a goal of five year plan? A) Growth. B) Equality. C) Land reforms. D) Modernisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land reforms. 10. ..... is regarded as the 'year of great divide' in the history of demographic transition of India A) 1911. B) 1921. C) 1931. D) 1951. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1921. 11. The principal cause of backwardness of the Indian economy on the eve of independence was: A) British Raj. B) Colonisation. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both (a) and (b). 12. What was the main purpose of the British in developing railways in India? A) To help Indian farmers. B) To promote Indian tourism. C) To transport raw materials and finished goods. D) To increase employment opportunities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To transport raw materials and finished goods. 13. The most important infrastructure during the British Rule in India was: A) Airways. B) Railways. C) Waterways. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Railways. 14. Life expectancy was also very low ..... years during independence in contrast to the present 68 years. A) 43. B) 44. C) 45. D) 41. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 44. 15. Which of the following explains the term economic growth? A) Increase in per capita production. B) Increase in per capita real income. C) Structural change in the economy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. What is trade surplus? A) Export > Imports. B) Imports > Exports. C) Imports = Exports. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Export > Imports. 17. Which of the following is not a notable estimator of National and Per capita Income during colonial rule? A) Dadabhai Naroji. B) William Digby. C) Findlay Shirras. D) Alfred Marshall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Alfred Marshall. 18. Female literacy level during the British rule A) 9%. B) 16%. C) 7%. D) 5%. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7%. 19. The aim of developing postal and telegraph was to enhance the efficiency of British administration. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Which of the following organisation looks after the credit needs of agriculture and rural development in India. A) FCI. B) IDBI. C) NABARD. D) ICAR. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) NABARD. 21. The British rule in India concert with ..... revolution in Britain. A) Green. B) Milk. C) Agricultural. D) Industrial. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrial. 22. British colonial rule positively affected the structure, composition, and volume of India's foreign trade. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. India adopted the ..... economic system. A) Capitalist. B) Mixed. C) Socialist. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mixed. 24. At the time of Independence India was the main exporter of: A) Primary Product. B) Finished Industrial Goods. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Primary Product. 25. What was the impact of colonial policies on the Indian economy? A) Increased national income. B) Promotion of Indian industries. C) Transformation into a supplier of raw materials. D) Development of infrastructure. 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