Q1.When was the first census data collected during British India
Answer : Option CExplaination / Solution:
A systematic and modern population census, in its present form was conducted non synchronously between 1865 and 1872 in different parts of the country. This effort culminating in 1872 has been popularly labeled as the first population census of India However, the first synchronous census in India was held in 1881.
Answer : Option CExplaination / Solution:
The year 1921 is a year of the great divide in the demographic history of India when mortality started to decline leading to acceleration in the rate of population growth.
Q7.Which of the following is false regarding Positive effect of British rule was
Answer : Option BExplaination / Solution:
There were various positive contributions that were made by the British is fales in India though Monopoly on foreign trade was not made with the objective of welfare for Indians but for the British interests.
Answer : Option CExplaination / Solution:
The infant mortality rate is the number of deaths under one year of age occurring among the live births in a given geographical area during a given year, per 1,000 live births occurring among the population of the given geographical area during the same year.
Q9.What is meant by commercialisation of agriculture?
Answer : Option CExplaination / Solution:
By commercialisation of agriculture we mean production of agricultural crops for sale in the market, rather than for family consumption.
Answer : Option CExplaination / Solution:
The cotton textile industry was concentrated in the cotton growing belt of Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat i.e. Western part of the country.
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