CUET 2025 Economics Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence MCQ Question Answers

1. In which year were the details about the population in British India collected for the first time?

2. This stagnation in the ____________was caused mainly because of the various systems of land settlement that were introduced by the colonial government

3. At the time of independence From Colonials, Infant Mortality rate was

4. The colonial government While in India never made any sincere attempt to estimate India’s _________

5. India has been an important trading nation since ancient times. But the ___________of commodity production, trade and tariff pursued by the colonial government adversely affected the structure, composition and volume of India’s foreign trade

6. Which was / Were the main reason(s) for decline in the handicrafts sector during the British rule in India?

7. Main Reason(s) for Decline in Handicraft Market

8. India’s economy under the British colonial rule remained fundamentally agrarian — about ________of the country’s population lived mostly in villages

9. __________ Is the Tax or Duty Paid on Goods Imported.

10. By the time India won its independence, The agricultural sector had ________labour and extremely _____ productivity

11. Before 1921 India was in the __________ stage of Demographic Transition

12. India became an ________ of primary products such as raw silk, cotton, wool, sugar, indigo, jute etc In Colonial Period

13. How did Britishers Move the raw material to a long distance by Road

14. The Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) was incorporated in _________

15. The British introduced the railways in India in __

16. Which of the following Rates were alarming Under British rule in India?

17. __________ maintained a monopoly control over India’s exports and imports

18. The main interest of the zamindars during The Colonial Period?

19. India During Colonial period achieved a large export surplus, this surplus was used by Britishers for

20. Jute Mills were Dominated by Colonials in which Area