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24, , , , , , CHAPTER - 1, , INDIAN ECONOMY AND THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE, , , , , , Il., , Ill., , ees YN, , Choose the correct answers (Each question carries one mark), , . Whose estimate of per capita income of India during colonial period was considered, , very significant., (a) Dadabai Naoroji, (b) V.K.R.V Rao,, (c) William Digby (d) R.C.Desai., Railway transport introduced in India in the Year., (a) 1835 (b) 1776, (c) 1850 (d) 1853, During British rule more Than half of India’s foreign trade was restricted to., (a) Britain (b) Iran, (c) China (d) Srilanka, In India census is carried out once in, (a) 5 years (b) 10 years, (c) 1 years (d) 2 years, Fill in the blank (Each question carries one mark), . Before Independence the India’s Jute industries concentrated in___ part of the, country., , Under colonial rule the cotton textile industries dominated by, is the year of second stage of demographic transition of India., transport is considered as the most important contribution of British rule., , Answer the following question in a word/sentence (Each question carries one, mark), , Name the important ‘Revenue Settlement System’ during British rule., TISCO — Expand., , What is ‘Capital Goods Industries’?, , When was the official census carried out in India?, , Why did the colonial Government banned canal transport?

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IV., , 25, , Answer the following question in four sentences each. (Each question carries, two marks), , . What was the objective of the economic policies pursued by the colonial Govt. in, , India?, , List out the important export goods of India before Independence., , 3. Name the modern industries which were in operation in our country at the time of, , , Independence., , What are the infrastructure facilities developed during colonial rule., , V. Answer the following question in twelve sentences each. (Each question carries, , four marks), , . The traditional handicraft industries were ruined under British rule’ Justify this, , statement., Indicate the volume and direction of trade at the time of Independence., , What do you understand by the ‘drain of Indian wealth’ during colonial period?, , . Answer the following question in twenty sentences each. (Each question carries, , six marks), , . Explain the Status of India’s agriculture during British rule., , ‘India could not develop a sound Industrial sector under colonial rule’ Justify the, Statement., , . Were there any positive contributions made by the British in India? Discuss., , * OK