CUET 2026 Economics Indian Economy On The Eve Of Independence MCQ Question Answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. The British introduced the railways in India in __

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. Jute Mills were Dominated by Colonials in which Area

20. 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