When was first census operation conducted in India?

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

Name the economist whose estimates on GDP and per capita income during British rule are considered to be most significant.

1. Willian Digby.
2. V.K.R.V. Rao.
3. Dadabhai Naroji.
4. R.C. Desai.

Initially, the industrial development was confined to the setting up of:

1. Cotton textile mills.
2. Jute textile mills.
3. Cotton and Jute textile mills.
4. Capital goods industry.

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.

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

The Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) was incorporated in:

1. 1807
2. 1870
3. 1907
4. 1970

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.

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 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.