Matching Type MCQs of Indian Economy on the Eve of Independence Class 12
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From the set of statements given in Column I and Column II, choose the correct pair of statements:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| a) Year of Great Divide | i) 1881 |
| b) Agricultural Sector | ii) the Main source of livelihood during British Rule |
| c) Infant Mortality Rate | iii) Low during British Rule |
Options
a) a) – i)
b) b) – ii)
c) c) – iii)
Ans – b)
Match the statements given under A with the correct options given under B.
| Column A | Column B |
| i) Commercialization of Agriculture | a) Involves shifting of crops from food crops to cash crops. |
| b) Involves shifting of crops from cash crops to food crops. |
Options
a) i) – a)
b) i) – b)
Ans – a)
Match the statements given under A with the correct options given under B.
| Column (A) | Column (B) |
| i) First Official census | a) 1921 |
| ii) Year of Great Divide | b) 1881 |
Options
a) i) – a)
b) i) – b), ii) – a)
c) ii) – a)
d) ii) – b)
Ans – b)
Match the statements given under A with the correct options given under B.
| Column – A | Column – B |
| i) Share of the workforce in manufacturing and service sectors | a) 25% |
| ii) Share of the workforce in the agricultural sector | b) 50% |
| c) 75% |
Options
a) i) – a, ii) – c
b) i) – b, ii) – a
c) i) – c, ii) – b
d) i) – b, ii) – c
Ans – a)
Identify the correct sequence of alternatives given in Column II by matching them with respective terms in Column I:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| i) Motive of the British de-industrialisation | a) To serve various colonial interests, like mobilising the army shifting raw materials |
| ii) Motive of British behind infrastructural development | b) To use export surplus to make payments for expenses incurred by an office set up by the colonial government in Britain, to meet expenses on wat fought by the British government and to import invisible items. |
| iii) Motive of the British behind monoply control over India’s exports and imports | c) To get raw materials from India at cheap rates and to sell finished British products in India at higher prices. |
Options
a) i) – a), ii) – b), iii) – c)
b) i) – b), ii) – a), iii) – c)
c) i) – c), ii) – c), iii) – b)
d) i) – c), ii) – a), iii) – b)
Ans – d)
Identify the correct sequence of alternatives given in Column II by matching them with respective terms in Column i.
| Column – I | Column – II |
| a) Opening of Suez Canal | i) 1757 |
| b) First Railway Bridge linking Bombay with Thane | ii) 1869 |
| c) Battle of Plassey | iii) 1907 |
| d) Setting up of TISCO | iv) 1853 |
Options
a) i), ii), iii), iv)
b) ii), iv), i), iii)
c) ii), iii), iv), i)
d) i), iv), ii), iii)
Ans – b)
Identify the correct pair from Column I and Column II and choose the correct alternative:
| Column (A) | Column (B) |
| A – Tata Iron and Steel Industry | i) Established in 1907 |
| B – Land settlements | ii) Introduced by the money lenders |
| C – Suez Canal | iii) Artificial waterway running from south to north |
| D – Introduction of railways in India | iv) 1850 |
Options
a) A – i)
b) B – (ii)
c) C – (iii)
d) D – (iv)
Ans – d)
Identify the correct sequence of alternatives in Column II by Matching them with respective terms in Column I and choose the correct alternative:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – Capitalism | (i) The contribution made by each sector of the economy |
| B – Planning Commission | ii) Benefited the big farmers |
| C – Structural Composition of the economy | iii) Prime Minister is the chairperson |
| D – Subsidies | iv) Also called the Market economy |
Options
a) i), ii), iii), iv)
b) iv), iii), i), ii)
c) iii), ii), i), iv)
d) ii), iv), i), iii)
Ans – b)
Identify the correct pair from Column I and Column II and choose the correct alternative:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – British rule in India | i) Almost one and a half century |
| B – Growth was low under British rule | ii) Only half percent increase in GDP |
| C – First to estimate GDP under British rule | iii) Dadabhai Naoroji |
| D – French traveller describe about | iv) Punjab |
Options
a) A – i)
b) B – ii)
c) C – iii)
d) D – iv)
Ans – c)
Identify the correct pair from Column I and Column II and choose the correct alternative:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – Some progress in the agriculture sector | i) Under irrigation |
| B – Low productivity | ii) Commercialisation of agriculture |
| C – Sound base under colonial rule | iii) Industrial sector |
| D – Suez Canal UK to India | iv) Through Bay of Bengal |
Options
a) A – (i)
b) B – (ii)
c) C – (iii)
D) d – (iv)
Ans – a)
Identify the correct pair from Column I and Column II and choose the correct alternative:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – Infant mortality rate under British rule | i) 175 per thousand |
| B – Public sector role under British rule in the industrial sector | ii) Limited |
| C – Public health facilities | iii) Sufficient |
| D – Overall mortality rate | iv) Higher than infant mortality rate |
Options
a) A – (i)
b) B – (ii)
c) C – (iii)
d) D – (iv)
Ans – b)
Match the following Column I and Column II and choose the correct alternative:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – Suez Canal | i) 1869 |
| B – First official census under the British rule | ii) 1881 |
| C – Tata Airlines | iii) 1932 |
| D – Year of Great Divide | iv) 1921 |
Options
a) i), ii), iii), iv)
b) ii), i), iii), iv)
c) i), iv), iii), ii)
d) ii), iv), i), iii)
Ans – a)
Identify the correct pair from Column I and Column II and choose the correct alternative:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – Backward | i) Having all the resources |
| B – Depleted | ii) Devoid of resources |
| C – Stagnant | iii) Increase in per capita income |
| D – Mortality Rate | iv) Death of infants per thousand |
Options
a) A – (i)
b) B – (ii)
c) C – (iii)
d) D – (iv)
Ans – b)
Identify the correct pair from Column I and Column II and choose the correct alternative:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – Economic infrastructure | i) Education |
| B – Social infrastructure | ii) Energy |
| C – Essential for health | iii) Sanitation |
| D – Essential for communication | iv) Transport |
Options
a) A – i)
b) B – ii)
c) C – iii)
d) D – iv)
Ans – c)
State the correct combination between the following columns
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – 1850 | i) Establishment of TISCO |
| B – 1921 | ii) British introduced railways in India |
| C – 1907 | iii) First railway bridge linking Bombay with Thane |
| D – 1854 | iv) The year of Great Divide |
Options
a) A – ii), B – (iv), C – iii),D – i)
b) A – i), B – iv), C – iii), D – ii)
c) A – ii), B – iv), C – i), D – iii)
d) A – iii), B – iv), C – i), D – ii)
Ans – c)
State the correct combination between the following columns explaining the status of the following sectors during the colonial rule.
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – Agricultural sector | i) Need for expansion and up-gradation |
| B – Industrial sector | ii) Need for enhanced public investment and diversification |
| C – Service Sector | iii) Saddled with surplus labour |
| D – Infrastructural sector | iv) Export surplus which was used to meet the war expenses |
Options
a) A – (ii), B – (iv), C – (iii), D – (i)
b) A – (iii), B – (iv), C – (i), D – (ii)
c) A – (ii), B – (iv), C – (i), D – (iii)
d) A – (iii), B – (ii), C – (iv), D – (i)
Ans – d)
State the correct combination between the following columns.
| Column – A | Column – B |
| A – Life Expectancy | i) Number of children dying before the age of one per 1000 live births |
| B – Per capita income | ii) Number of years a person is expected to live at the time of birth |
| C – Infant Mortality Rate | iii) The number of live births per thousand of population per year |
| D – Birth Rate | iv) Income per person in the economy. |
Options
a) A – iii), B – ii), C – i), D – iv)
b) A – i), B – iii), C – ii), D – i)
C) A – ii), B – iv), C – i), D – iii)
d) A – iv), B – iii), C – ii), D – i)
Ans – c)
Write the correct sequence of alternatives given in Column II by matching them with respective terms in Column I:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – India’s first official census | i) less than 2% |
| B – Introduction of the railways in India | ii) about 7% |
| C – India’s annual growth rate of aggregate real output during the colonial period | iii) 1850 |
| D – Female literacy level at the time of independence | iv) 1881 |
Options
a) i), ii), iii), iv)
b) iii), ii), i), iv)
c) ii), i), iv), iii)
d) iv), iii), i), ii)
Ans – d)
Write the correct sequence of alternatives given in Column II by matching them with respective terms in Column I:
| Column – I | Column – II |
| A – Focus of the economic policies pursued by the colonial government in India. | i) To use a large export surplus to make payments for the expenses incurred by an office set up in British, expenses on war, and import of invisible items. |
| B – Motive of the British behind the systematic de-industrialization in India. | ii) To reduce India to the status of a mere exporter of important raw materials for the upcoming modern industries in Britain. |
| C – Motive of the British behind infrastructural development in India. | iii) Protection and promotion of the economic interest of their home country then with the development of the Indian economy. |
| D – Motive of the British behind monopoly control over India’s exports and imports | iv) To subserve various colonial interests, e.g. mobilising the army within India and drawing out raw materials from the countryside to the nearest railway station or the port to send these to England. |
Options
a) i, ii, iii, iv
b) iii, ii, iv, i
c) ii, i, iv, iii
d) iv, i, ii, iii
Ans – b)
