The introduction of expensive mode of communication, i.e. telegraph serve the purpose of:

1. Maintaining law and order.
2. Maintaining trade.
3. Collect taxes.
4. All of the above.

Despite being the major source of livelihood, the agriculture sector continued to experience stagnation and deterioration during the British rule in India because of:

1. Decline of handicraft.
2. Land tenure system.
3. Drain of India's wealth.
4. None of the above.

When did modern postal system start in India?

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

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.

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

What percentage of India was literate at the time of independence?

1. 12 percent.
2. 7 percent.
3. 40 percent.
4. 16 percent.

One of the following statements about Indian economy is not true. Identify the false statement.

1. Indian agriculture was flourishing before the advent of the British.
2. India's foreign trade throughout the colonial period was marked by a large export surplus.
3. India had a sound industrial base under the British
4. British developed the Railway System in India for their own benefit.

Which service remained throughout inadequate under the colonial regime?

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

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.

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.