When did modern postal system start in India?

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

During the British rule, Island waterway proved to be uneconomical because of:

1. Built at a high cost.
2. Competition from railways.
3. Easy access of airways.
4. Both (a) and (b).

Which of the following is not a true statement?

1. On the eve of Independence, agriculture was the principal occupation of the people in India.
2. Mining is the main secondary occupation.
3. Indian manufactured products enjoyed a worldwide market before the British established themselves in India.
4. The role of the public sector under the British rule was confined only to a few industries.

Which of the following factor further caused decline of jute textile after partition of the country?

1. British policies.
2. Famines.
3. Lack of raw materials.
4. All 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 lived in villages at the time of independence?

1. 80 percent.
2. 70 percent.
3. 85 percent.
4. 75 percent.

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.

In which year, railways was introduced in India?

1. 1850
2. 1853
3. 1890
4. 1892

Which of the following sentences gives best description of the Indian economy during the British rule?

1. India was an agrarian economy.
2. India was a stagnant economy.
3. India was an agrarian economy with rapidly growing population in mass poverty and illiteracy.
4. India was a poor economy.

When was first census operation conducted in India?

1. 1907
2. 1881
3. 1853
4. 1941