CHETTINAD VIDHYASHRAM

REVISION – 2

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

1. Colonial Government never attempt to estimate India’s national and

____________.

2. India had an __________economy before the advent of the British rule.

3. The sole purpose of the British colonial rule in India to being a raw
material supplier for ___________.

4. In our country there was agricultural prosperity in the ________century.

5. The main interest of the zamindars was only collect ______.

6. Small sections of the farmers changed their cropping pattern from food
crops to ________.

7. The growth of industrial sector and its contributions to ________ remains

very small.

8. India became an exporter of primary products such

as________,_________,wool, sugar and _______.

9. During the colonial period the generation of a large _______ surplus.

10. The __________provides a direct route to ports in South Asia.

11. India’s first census collected in the year ______.

12. Before 1921 India was in the first stage of ______________.

13. The literacy rate during colonial period was _______.

14. Distribution of working persons across different industries

(i) Agricultural sector ______

(ii) Manufacturing and service sector _______

15. In the year ______Railways introduced by British.

16. There always remained an acute shortage of all _______roads to reach
out to the rural areas during rainy season.

17. Commercialisation of Indian agriculture which adversely affected the

__________of the village economies in India.

18. __________ refers to various indicators related to population of the

country.

19. Tata airlines a division of Tata and Sons was established in ________.

20. The inland waterways, at times proved uneconomical in ________on the

Orissa coast.

21. Independent Indian government had to built strong base through

_________.

22. At the time of Independence agricultural sector was saddled with

_______and ___________.

23. Life expectancy during colonial period was _______.(44 Years)

24. Infant mortality rate was ______per thousand during colonial period.

25. Due to ____________yield of cash crops in certain areas increased.

26. __________ estimates the development under colonial rule.

27. __________ is a type of cotton textile which had its origin in Bengal.

28. The Tata Iron and steel company was incorporated in _______.

29. ___________ means industries which can produce machine tools used for
producing articles for current consumption.

30. Several essential commodities ___food grains, clothes, kerosene were

scarcely available in the _________market.

31. Introduction of __________served the purpose of maintaining law and

order.

32. ____________system was followed by British (collecting tax revenue

directly from cultivators of farmland)
33. __________ system consisted of landlords or zamindars representing an
entire village.

34. A significant reduction in transport cost promoted monopoly control of

India’s ___________by the British Government.

35. British industries developed a market of __________goods in India.

36. At the time of Independence farmers use _________techniques of

production which was a cause of _____productivity.

37. Surplus generated from trade was used by the Britishers to expand their
______.

38. Structure of Indian agriculture affected the Indian economic farmers

started viewing agriculture as a _________ rather than a way of subsistence.

39. In the pre-independent period Indian agriculture was heavily depends on

_________.

40. The Britishers forced Indian peasants to cultivate indigo on ____% of their
land holding.