CLASS 11 · NCERT GEOGRAPHY · CH 1: INDIAN ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF INDEPENDENCE (NCERT CLASS 11 — INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT)
Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence 🇮🇳
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Key locations covered (12)
- Colonial Economic Structure
- GDP Growth Rate Colonial
- Drain of Wealth
- Famines in British India
- Agriculture under British
- Modern Industries in Colonial Era
- Foreign Trade Colonial Pattern
- Railways in India
- Demographic Profile 1947
- Census of India
- Occupational Structure 1947
- Infrastructure at Independence
Sample questions (12 of 55)
British policy of de-industrialisation hit India's most prosperous industry - which one?
Cotton (handloom Bengal/UP)
India became a supplier of what and importer of finished goods under British rule?
Raw materials
Mahalanobis estimated India's national income in?
1950s (after independence)
Indian handicrafts declined due to?
Free trade policy + machine-made imports from Britain
Father of Indian Economics.
Dadabhai Naoroji
Per capita national income at independence (1947).
About Rs.230 (current prices)
Lala Lajpat Rai's book on poverty in India.
'England's Debt to India' (1917)
Estimated GDP growth of India under British rule (1900-1947).
Less than 1% per annum
Per capita income growth under British rule.
Almost stagnant (about 0.5% pa)
Economist who estimated colonial national income for India.
Dadabhai Naoroji (Drain of Wealth theory)
Crop yield in colonial India was stagnant due to?
Lack of irrigation + fertilisers + tenancy issues
Colonial occupational pattern showed dependence on?
Agriculture (primary sector)
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About this topic
This topic is part of the NCERT Class 11 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Ch 1: Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence (NCERT Class 11 — Indian Economic Development). Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works (Bipan Chandra, R.S. Sharma, Romila Thapar, Satish Chandra for history; G.C. Leong, Savindra Singh for geography; the UPSC Civil Services prelims + mains syllabus).
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