This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Indian Economy > Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Opening of Suez Canal was in the year ..... A) 1850. B) 1969. C) 1869. D) 1853. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1869. 2. What was the role of the public sector in industrial development in India? A) Providing capital for private entrepreneurs. B) Promoting foreign investment. C) Controlling all industries. D) Undertaking capital investment through public sector undertakings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Undertaking capital investment through public sector undertakings. 3. Who made the first attempt to estimate India's national income? A) Dadabhai Naroji. B) William Digby. C) V.K.R.V.Rao. D) R.C Desai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dadabhai Naroji. 4. Who among the following took attempts to calculate national income of India on the eve of independence? A) Dadabhai Naoroji. B) VKRV Rao. C) Findlay Shirras. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. In which year was the first official census conducted? A) 1881. B) 1882. C) 1883. D) 1884. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1881. 6. The first official census of India occurred in the year A) 1921. B) 1821. C) 1881. D) 1871. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1881. 7. On the eve of independence, only heavy and basic industries were developed in the Indian economy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. On the eve of independence, the proportion of population was engaged in industrial sector was: A) Approx. 10%. B) Approx. 20%. C) Approx. 15%. D) Approx. 26%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Approx. 10%. 9. Suez canal was opened for transport in ..... A) 1850. B) 1853. C) 1869. D) 1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1869. 10. The opening of the Suez canal served as a direct route for ships operating between ..... A) India and America. B) India and Sri lanka. C) India and Britain. D) India and Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India and Britain. 11. What is another name for the service sector? A) Primary sector. B) Tertiary sector. C) Secondary sector. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tertiary sector. 12. On the eve of independence Indian economy was a: A) Feudal economy. B) Semi feudal economy. C) Mixed economy. D) Both b and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both b and c. 13. Which industry received the major set back during the the colonial rule? A) Cement. B) Handicraft. C) Paper. D) Iron and steel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Handicraft. 14. The secondary sector accounted for only 10.1 percent of the working population on the eve of independence. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. Elements of infrastructural change during the British rule included: A) Railways. B) Roads. C) Post and telegraphs. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 16. At the time of independence India's import included: A) Silk clothes. B) Woolen clothes. C) Cotton clothes. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 17. The contribution of the new industrial sector to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded significantly during British rule. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 18. ..... 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. 19. When was cotton mill industry started in India A) 1947. B) 1854. C) 1881. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1854. 20. Back ward economy is the one which shows: A) High growth in income. B) Low level of productivity. C) Slow growth in income. D) Both (a) and (b). 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