Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence Class 12 MCQ Quiz – Test Your Knowledge!

Identify the result of the large export surplus during the colonial period.

Before the advent of British rule, in which industries did India excel?

India entered the _____ stage of Demographic Transition after the year 1921.

In which of the following ways did the British Raj impact the Indian economy the most?

Which of the following was not a motive for the economic policies of the colonial government in India?

Assertion (A): The establishment of the Suez Canal intensified Britain’s control over India’s foreign trade.

Reason (R): The Europeans no longer had to travel around Africa to reach India.

Who among the following took attempts to calculate the national income of India on the eve of independence?

Under the British system of land settlement, the zamindar’s dues to the state were fixed. What did this mean for the cultivators?

Assertion (A): The British introduced railways in India in 1850, which is considered one of their most important contributions.

Reason (R): The British had India’s best interests in mind while developing the infrastructure.

In which year was India’s first Official Census conducted?

Assertion (A): India became an exporter of primary products and an importer of finished consumer and capital goods produced in Britain.

Reason (R): Restrictive policies of commodity production, trade, and tariff pursued by the colonial government adversely affected the structure, composition, and volume of India’s foreign trade.

Which of the following is a cash crop?

The colonial government made no sincere attempts to estimate India’s national and per capita income, but most studies found that India’s national income growth in the pre-Independence era was _____, and per capita income growth was _____.

In 1951, _____ of the working population was dependent on agriculture.

Identify, which of the following indicates the adverse impact of British rule in India.