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UPSC CDS Indian Economy — practice questions

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India won its independence on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →The sole purpose of British colonial rule was to reduce India to a supplier of:Read the answer and worked solution →Muslin, the world-famous cotton textile, had its origin in:Read the answer and worked solution →The finest variety of muslin was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Growth of aggregate real output in the first half of the twentieth century was less than:Read the answer and worked solution →The zamindari system of land settlement was implemented in the then:Read the answer and worked solution →The main interest of the zamindars was only to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which French traveller described seventeenth-century Bengal as richer than Egypt?Read the answer and worked solution →Indian-owned cotton textile mills were located in Maharashtra and:Read the answer and worked solution →The jute mills, dominated by foreigners, were concentrated in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Tata Iron and Steel Company, TISCO, was incorporated in:Read the answer and worked solution →Industries that produce machine tools used to make consumer goods are called:Read the answer and worked solution →More than half of India's colonial foreign trade was restricted to:Read the answer and worked solution →The Suez Canal, which tightened British control over India's trade, opened in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first census of British India was carried out in:Read the answer and worked solution →The second stage of India's demographic transition began after:Read the answer and worked solution →Overall literacy at the time of independence was less than:Read the answer and worked solution →Female literacy at independence was about:Read the answer and worked solution →Life expectancy at the time of independence was about:Read the answer and worked solution →Agriculture's share of the workforce in colonial India stayed at about:Read the answer and worked solution →The British introduced railways in India in:Read the answer and worked solution →Tata Airlines, which inaugurated aviation in India, was established in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the colonial exportsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the income estimatorsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the colonial datesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the textiles and cropsRead the answer and worked solution →Export or importRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the colonial economyRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Colonial economy bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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India won its independence on which date?

  1. 15 August 1947
  2. 26 January 1950
  3. 15 August 1945
  4. 26 January 1947
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Correct answer: A. 15 August 1947

1. British rule had lasted almost two centuries. 2. Independence came on 15 August 1947. 3. The colonial economy shaped what followed. _Source: syllabus Indian Economic Development, Chapter 1, Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence._

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The sole purpose of British colonial rule was to reduce India to a supplier of:

  1. Skilled labour
  2. Raw materials
  3. Finished goods
  4. Machine tools
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Correct answer: B. Raw materials

1. Britain's industry needed inputs. 2. India was made a raw material supplier. 3. It also became a market for British goods. _Source: syllabus Indian Economic Development, Chapter 1, Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence._

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Muslin, the world-famous cotton textile, had its origin in:

  1. Bengal
  2. Gujarat
  3. Punjab
  4. Madras
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Correct answer: A. Bengal

1. It came from around Dhaka. 2. Muslin originated in Bengal. 3. Daccai muslin was known worldwide. _Source: syllabus Indian Economic Development, Chapter 1, Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence._

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