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India's external trade in 1950-51 was worth how much?Read the answer and worked solution →Over the years India's imports have compared to its exports how?Read the answer and worked solution →Which export sector alone made up 73.6 per cent of India's export value in 2016-17?Read the answer and worked solution →India's engineering exports face which main competitors?Read the answer and worked solution →In the 1950s and 1960s food shortage made which item India's main import?Read the answer and worked solution →Foodgrain imports stopped after the 1970s because of which success?Read the answer and worked solution →The 1973 energy crisis pushed up which import bill?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides petroleum, which luxury items figure among India's major imports?Read the answer and worked solution →Many Indian port towns carry the suffix pattan. What does pattan mean?Read the answer and worked solution →How many major ports does India have, with about 200 minor ones?Read the answer and worked solution →At Partition, which two important ports did India lose?Read the answer and worked solution →Indian ports handled 20 million tonnes of cargo in 1951. How much by 2016?Read the answer and worked solution →Kandla port at the head of the Gulf of Kachchh was built to relieve which port?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is India's biggest port, a natural harbour with 54 berths and the largest oil terminal?Read the answer and worked solution →Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva was built as a satellite of which port?Read the answer and worked solution →Marmagao port in Goa was remodelled in 1961 to export iron ore to which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Which port sits at the head of Vembanad Kayal and is called the Queen of the Arabian Sea?Read the answer and worked solution →Kolkata port lies on the Hugli, how far inland from the Bay of Bengal?Read the answer and worked solution →Which port in the Mahanadi delta has India's deepest harbour for iron ore exports?Read the answer and worked solution →Which port is a land-locked harbour joined to the sea by a channel cut through rock and sand?Read the answer and worked solution →Chennai port is an artificial harbour built in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the west coast portsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the importsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the portsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the portsRead the answer and worked solution →West or east coastRead the answer and worked solution →Which port relieves whichRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Ports bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A barber, a teacher and a lawyer all sell skills rather than goods. Which sector are they in?Read the answer and worked solution →

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India's external trade in 1950-51 was worth how much?

  1. Rs 121 crore
  2. Rs 1,214 crore
  3. Rs 44,000 crore
  4. Rs 12,140 crore
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Correct answer: B. Rs 1,214 crore

1. Trade was Rs 1,214 crore in 1950-51. 2. It rose to over Rs 44 lakh crore by 2016-17. 3. Liberal policies drove the rise. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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Over the years India's imports have compared to its exports how?

  1. Imports stayed higher
  2. Exports stayed higher
  3. They were always equal
  4. Exports were double
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Correct answer: A. Imports stayed higher

1. Both imports and exports grew. 2. Import value stayed higher than export value. 3. This is a trade deficit. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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Which export sector alone made up 73.6 per cent of India's export value in 2016-17?

  1. Petroleum oil
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Agriculture
  4. Ores, minerals
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Correct answer: B. Manufacturing

1. Agriculture's export share has declined. 2. Manufacturing gave 73.6 per cent in 2016-17. 3. Engineering goods grew strongly. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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