Deindustrialising India

Q.

What were the results of the systematic deindustrialization on the Indian economy?

1. A reverse migration from manufacturing to agriculture

2. Large-scale unemployment

3. Greater per capita income

4. Increased export of manufactured products

Q.

Why did Britain systematically deindustrialize India?

1. To transform India into an exporter of raw materials

2. To develop the agricultural sector of India

3. To introduce British technology

4. To create a market in India for British manufactured goods

Q.

British technology was not viable in India because of ________

1. Both A and B

2. labour surplus

3. capital surplus

4. Neither A or B

Q.

TISCO was incorporated in:

1. 1970

2. 1989

3. 1907

4. 1986

Q.

Which of the following economists estimated per capita income during the colonial period?

1. Findlay Shirras

2. William Digby

3. Dadabhai Naoroji

4. All of these

Q. The Railways and power-generation sectors were taken charge of by the sector.

1. private sector
2. public sector
3. finance sector
4. private-public sector

Q. Select the important sectors in which the British made positive contributions in India.

1. Roadways
2. Inland Trade
3. Export Surplus
4. Health
5. Education
6. Agriculture
7. Telegraph
8. Railways

Q. Industrialisation was not as rapid in India due to .

1. lack of labour
2. low GDP
3. formation of TISCO
4. lack of capital goods

Q. The Suez Canal connects the to the .

1. Caspian Sea
2. Mediterranean Sea
3. Arabian Sea
4. Pacific Ocean

Q. Development of infrastructure took place primarily to .

1. make commute easier
2. foster integration
3. aid the colonisers
4. raise productivity