INDIAN ECONOMY AT THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE 1 mark Questions 1. What is per capita output? 2. When was Tata Iron and Steel Company incorporated in India? 3. When was India’s first official census operation undertaken? 4. What is subsistence farming? 5. When was the railways introduced in India? 6. Name an economist who estimated India’s per capita income during the

colonial period. 7. Name a modern day industry which was in operation at the time of

independence. 8. What is capital goods industry? 9. Give two causes of low productivity in agriculture during colonial rule in

India. 10. How is infant mortality measured? 3 / 4 mark Questions 1. What were the main causes of India’s low level of economic development

during the colonial period? 2. State three ways in which there was a drain of Indian wealth during the

colonial period. 3. What objectives did the British intend to achieve through their policies of

infrastructure development in India? 4. What were the main causes of India’s agricultural stagnation during the

colonial rule? 5. What was the impact of the destruction of Indian handicraft industries by

the British during the colonial period? 6. What was the main motive behind the beginning of railways in India?

How did the development and construction of railways in colonial period affect the Indian economy?

7. What is commercialization of agriculture? How did commercialization of agriculture affect the Indian economy during British rule?

8. What was the impact of partition on India’s agricultural sector at the eve of independence?

9. How did the British policy affect foreign trade in India? 10. “The British rule brought a few advantages to the Indian economy”.

Explain.