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UPSC CSE Colonial India — practice questions — page 2

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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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The Tata Iron and Steel Company, TISCO, was incorporated in:

  1. 1907
  2. 1917
  3. 1927
  4. 1937
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Correct answer: A. 1907

1. Iron and steel began in the early twentieth century. 2. TISCO was set up in 1907. 3. Sugar, cement and paper came after the Second World War. _Source: syllabus Indian Economic Development, Chapter 1, Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence._

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Industries that produce machine tools used to make consumer goods are called:

  1. Handicraft industry
  2. Capital goods industry
  3. Consumer goods industry
  4. Cottage industry
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Correct answer: B. Capital goods industry

1. India had hardly any at independence. 2. They are the capital goods industry. 3. They help promote further industrialisation. _Source: syllabus Indian Economic Development, Chapter 1, Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence._

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More than half of India's colonial foreign trade was restricted to:

  1. Ceylon
  2. Persia
  3. Britain
  4. China
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Correct answer: C. Britain

1. Britain held a monopoly over exports and imports. 2. Over half the trade went to Britain. 3. The rest went to China, Ceylon and Persia. _Source: syllabus Indian Economic Development, Chapter 1, Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence._

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