What was the overall literacy rate in India at the time of British rule?
Less than 16%
More than 18%
Less than 15%
Less than 12%
Among the following, which good is NOT exported by India during the British rule?
Raw silk
Sugar
Machinery
Tea
Which one of the following is not a characteristic of the population of a developed country?
Low birth rate and low death rate
High birth rate and high death rate
High proportion of urban population
Low growth rate of population
What is the full form of GDP?
Gain Domestic Product
Gross Domestic Producer
Gross Domestic Product
Gross Distribution Product
During British rule there was relatively higher yield of cash crops in certain areas of the country due to ____________of agriculture.
Privatisation
Commercialisation
Industrialisation
Diversification
Industry which can produce machine tools which are used for producing articles for current consumption.
Capital Goods Industry
Agrarian Industry
Service Industry
Public Industry
The term Mixed Economy denotes:
Existence of both rural and urban sectors
Existence of both private and public sectors
Existence of both heavy and small industries
Existence of both developed and under-developed sectors
The canal which which intensified the British control over India's foreign trade.
Volga baltic canal
Suez canal
Grand canal garlent
Cascade canal
Zamindari system was implemented in which presidency?
Bengal
Calcutta
Madras
Bombay
India was in the first stage of demographic transition before:
1922
1920
1921
1881