alleryIndia's foreign-trade composition has SHIFTED in recent decades to include MORE exports of:
ARaw cotton and tea (typical)
BAnimal hides
CFoodgrains
DEngineering goods + software services
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Engineering goods + software services
1. syllabus contrasts traditional vs modern Indian exports.
2. Earlier exports were dominated by primary commodities (tea, cotton, jute, hides).
3. Modern exports prominently include engineering goods, gems and jewellery, petroleum products, and software/IT services.
4. India's services exports are now a major foreign-exchange earner.
_Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 7 "Lifelines of National Economy", §Trade ¶3_
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