NCERT Class 11 Economics Chapter 1 Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence Test Mock Test
This free online test covers Chapter 1, Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence, from the NCERT Class 11 Indian Economic Development textbook. The 30 questions are written directly from the chapter — definitions, processes, worked examples and the points the book italicises — so a score here tells you how much of the chapter actually stuck, not how well you guess. Each answer carries an explanation that says why the right option is right and why the other three fail, which is where most of the learning happens. Attempt it after your first read of the chapter, then again before the exam. There is no negative marking, and you can review the full solution the moment you submit.
Duration
30 mins
Questions
30 MCQs
Total Marks
30 pts
Negative
0 per wrong
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Sample Questions
Q1.The chapter states that the sole purpose of British colonial rule in India was to:
- ABuild a diversified industrial economy in India on the British model
- BRaise India's per capita income to the level of other British dominions
- CReduce India to a raw material supplier for Great Britain's rapidly expanding modern industrial base
- DModernise Indian agriculture through irrigation and fertiliser use
Q2.Before the advent of British rule, India's economy is described in the chapter as one where:
- AManufacturing had already displaced agriculture as the main source of livelihood
- BAgriculture was the only economic activity, with no manufacturing of any kind
- CAlmost all goods consumed in India were imported from abroad
- DAgriculture was the main source of livelihood, but the economy also carried various kinds of manufacturing activity
Q3.'Daccai Muslin' described in the chapter was:
- AA silk fabric woven only in the Madras Presidency
- BA variety of jute sacking produced for export to Europe
- CA woollen cloth imported into India from Britain
- DA cotton textile originating in Bengal, whose finest variety was called malmal
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