What was literacy rate for women of India at the time of independence?

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

The main interest of the Zamindar was:

1. To collect rent.
2. To improve the condition of agriculture.
3. To produce food crops.
4. To produce cash crops

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

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

Which of the following statement(s) is/ are true for British period?

1. India attained self-sufficiency in foodgrain production.
2. There were check over famines.
3. Effective administrative setup.
4. All of the above are true.

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.

What percentage of India lived in villages at the time of independence?

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

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 British left India, it was:

1. A flourishing economy.
2. Having a strong industrial base.
3. Having a strong infrastructure.
4. Suffering from massive poverty.

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.

Which of the following statement is true regarding demographic profile of India during the colonial rule?

1. Life expectancy was 63 years.
2. Infant mortality rate was around 70 per thousand live births.
3. Overall literacy level was less than 16 percent.
4. Both birth rate and death rate were quite low.