Topic: CH-1: INDIAN ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE

What percentage of India’s population lived in villages and derived livelihood from agriculture during British colonial rule?

The opening of which canal further intensified British control over India’s foreign trade?

Tata Airlines, which inaugurated the aviation sector in India, was established in which year?

The railways affected the Indian economy by fostering:

What was the nature of India’s economy before the advent of British rule?

The term ‘malmal shahi’ or ‘malmal khas’ implied that the finest muslin was:

Which land settlement system was implemented in the Bengal Presidency during British rule?

The Suez Canal was opened in which year?

Who is famously associated with the concept of ‘Drain of Wealth’ from India?

Which essential commodities were scarcely available in India’s domestic market due to export surplus?