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Q1. In how many sectors is the occupational structure of India is divided?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
(C) Three
Q2. What is another name for the service sector?
(A) Tertiary
(B) Primary
(C) Secondary
(D) Agriculture
(A) Tertiary
Q3. What was the nature of the Indian economy on the eve of independence?
(A) Stagnant
(B) Backward
(C) Underdeveloped
(D) All of these
(D) All of these
Q4. What was the life expectancy at birth in India on the eve of Independence?
(A) 44 years
(B) 50 years
(C) 60 years
(D) All of these
(A) 44 years
Q5. What was the growth rate of per capita income in India on the eve of Independence?
(A) 0.9%
(B) 0.5%
(C) 1.2%
(D) 3%
(B) 0.5%
Q6. Which of the following activities is included in the primary sector?
(A) Agriculture
(B) Services
(C) Industries
(D) All of these
(A) Agriculture
Q7. In which of the following sectors is manufacturing activity included?
(A) Primary
(B) Tertiary
(C) Secondary
(D) All of these
(C) Secondary
Q8. Where was the first iron and steel company established?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Jamshedpur
(C) Patna
(D) Ranchi
(B) Jamshedpur
Q9. What is the tax or duty on imports called?
(A) Tariff
(B) Quota
(C) Export
(D) None of these
(A) Tariff
Q10. Which of the following was the major occupation on the eve of independence?
(A) Industry
(B) Services
(C) Agriculture
(D) None of these
(C) Agriculture
Q11. The country’s growth of aggregate real output was less than __ during the first half of the twentieth century.
two percent
Q12. The Indian economy was a/an _ economy at the time of independence.
agrarian
Q13. __ of agriculture increased the burden of revenue on farmers.
Commercialisation
Q14. The distribution of the working population in different sectors of the economy offers a glimpse of __ structure.
occupational
Q15. The second stage of demographic transition began after __ in India.
1921
Q16. Indian economy served as a source of _ for the British industry and a market for its finished goods.
raw material
Q17. __ were developed by the British raj as a means to enlarge the size of the market for the British goods.
Railways
Q18. The British introduced the railways in India in __
1850
Q19. The __ sector accounted for 17.2 percent of the working population on the eve of Independence.
tertiary/service
Q20. India’s first official census was undertaken in _
1881
Q21. India was a prosperous and wealthy economy prior to the advent of British rule.
True
Q22. The colonial rule destroyed India’s traditional handicraft industry.
True
