Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence CBSE Questions & Answers

Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence

This is Economics Class 11 Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence CBSE Questions & Answers. There are 15 questions in this test with each question having around four answer choices.

Questions & Answers

Poor variety of seeds and low productive seeds were mainly the reason for

A
Slow growth of all the above three sectors
B
Slow growth of Agriculture sector
Correct
C
Slow growth of Industrial sector
D
Slow growth of Tertiary sector

Which of the following is false regarding Positive effect of British rule was

A
Provision of post and telegraph service
B
Monopoly on foreign trade
Correct
C
Development of ports
D
Provide transport facilities

What do you mean by infant mortality rate?

A
Number of deaths of children
B
Number of deaths of children below the age of ten year per thousand live birth
C
Number of birth of children below the age of one year per thousand live death
D
Number of deaths of children below the age of one year per thousand live birth
Correct

What is meant by commercialisation of agriculture?

A
None
B
Production of crop for sale in the market
Correct
C
Production of crop for self consumption
D
Both

Cotton textile mills were mainly located in

A
Eastern
B
Western
Correct
C
North
D
South

What was the motive behind the de-industrialisation by the colonial Govt. in India?

A
Both
Correct
B
None
C
To sell British manufactured goods in Indian market at high rate prices
D
To get raw material from India at cheap rate

What does the export surplus mean?

A
When export of current year of a country is more than previous year export
B
Total export of a country
C
When export of a country is more than import
Correct
D
When import of a country is more than export

What was the condition of agriculture at the time of independence

A
High level of technology
B
High use of Fertilizers
C
Low level of productivity
Correct
D
Low dependence on monsoon

Reason behind the decay of handicrafts industry in India was

A
All of these
B
More tariff on export of raw material from India
C
Heavy duty on Indian handicrafts products
Correct
D
More tariff on import of British goods into India

How is the literacy rate is calculated

A
\(\frac{{No{\text{ }}of{\text{ }}literates}}{{Total{\text{ }}percentage{\text{ }}of{\text{ }}population}}{\text{ }} \times {\text{ 10}}\)
B
\(\frac{{No{\text{ }}of{\text{ }}literates}}{{Total{\text{ }}population}}{\text{ }} \times {\text{ 10}}\)
C
\(\frac{{No{\text{ }}of{\text{ }}literates}}{{Total{\text{ }}population}}{\text{ }} \times {\text{ 100}}\)
Correct
D
\(\frac{{No{\text{ }}of{\text{ }}literates}}{{Total{\text{ }}percentage{\text{ }}of{\text{ }}population}}{\text{ }} \times {\text{ 100}}\)

What was the condition of foreign trade under British rule

A
Net exporter of raw materials
B
Net importer of finished goods reproduced by British India
C
All of these
Correct
D
Surplus on account of foreign trade was spent on war expenses

Which of the following statement is true regarding the condition of Infrastructure

A
Barter system was still prevailing
B
No developments in the areas of roads and railways
C
Development in the area of transport and communication
Correct
D
Balanced regional development in infrastructure in all areas

_______ refers to relative distribution of a country’s workforce among various sectors of economic activity

A
Demographic structure
B
Occupational structure
Correct
C
Income structure
D
None of these

Industrial sector creates infrastructure which helps in growth of

A
Secondary
B
All of these
Correct
C
Primary
D
Tertiary

India on the eve of independence was

A
Vibrant economy
B
Stagnant economy
Correct
C
None
D
Both