Land settlement systems in India leads to stagnation of Indian agriculture because:

1. Profit accruing out of agriculture went to British Government.
2. Profit accruing out of agricultrue went to zamindars.
3. Zamindars forced farmers to grow commercial crops.
4. None of the above.

Major contribution to the GDP of the country on the eve of independence was from:

1. Tertiary sector.
2. Secondary sector.
3. Primary sector.
4. Both primary and secondary sector.

What percentage of India was dependent on agriculture at the time of independence?

1. 60 percent.
2. 80 percent.
3. 70 percent.
4. 90 percent.

When did modern postal system start in India?

1. 1937
2. 1881
3. 1853
4. 1941

Details about the population of British India were first collected in:

1. 1871
2. 1881
3. 1891
4. 1901

Britishers created a monopoly over India's foreign trade, from which of the following ways?

1. Full control over foreign trade.
2. Discriminatory tariff rates.
3. Opening of Suez Canal.
4. All of the above Answers.

When did the first cotton mill, first jute mill and first coal mine started in India?

1. 1855-60
2. 1850-55
3. 1940-45
4. 1900-1907

Major contribution to the GDP of the country on the eve of independence was from:

1. Agriculture.
2. Trade.
3. Modern industries.
4. None of these.

Which service remained throughout inadequate under the colonial regime?

1. Law and order.
2. Postal services.
3. Railways.
4. Ports.

Main intention of the British rulers behind the introduction of railways in India was:

1. To earn profit through foreign trade.
2. To break geographical and cultural barriers.
3. Cheap and rapid movement of people from one place to another.
4. To develop India's cotton and jute industry.