Challenges in the Industrial Revolution Era

What was the primary objective of the book 'Indian Economic Development'?

What was the main objective of British colonial rule in India?

What would have happened if the British Empire lost India?

Why is it important to understand India's economic past according to the text?

What was the main focus of the economic policies of the British government in colonial India?

Why did the agricultural sector in colonial India continue to experience stagnation and deterioration?

What was the impact of the British-India government on India's handicraft industries?

What were some of the challenges faced by the Indian people under the colonial regime?

What was emphasized as necessary to know and appreciate the level of development achieved during the post-independence period?

What perception is mentioned in the text that requires an informed debate?

What was the main source of livelihood for most people in India before the advent of British rule?

Which industry in Bengal had gained worldwide fame for its exquisite cotton textile?

What type of muslin was considered the finest variety produced in Bengal?

The economic policies pursued by the colonial government in India were more concerned with the protection and promotion of which country's economic interests?

What did the colonial government transform the Indian economy into during their rule?

Who among the notable estimators during the colonial period was considered to have very significant estimates of India's national and per capita income?

What was the growth rate of aggregate real output during the first half of the twentieth century in India?

What percentage of India's population lived mostly in villages and derived livelihood directly or indirectly from agriculture during the British colonial rule?

'Agricultural stagnation' refers to what kind of experience in India under the British colonial rule?

What product did seventeenth-century Bengal export in abundance according to the French traveler, Bernier?

What did Bernier consider seventeenth-century Bengal to be richer than, based on his knowledge acquired during his visits?

What did seventeenth-century Bengal have in profusion according to the French traveler, Bernier?

What was the impact of the decline of indigenous handicraft industries on the Indian consumer market?

During the second half of the nineteenth century, where did modern industry initially take root in India?

Which foreign company set up the Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO) in India?

What were the initial areas of operation of the public sector in India's new industrial sector?

What did Britain maintain control over in India's foreign trade during the colonial period?

What was the most important characteristic of India’s foreign trade throughout the colonial period?

Where were the jute mills mainly concentrated in India during the second half of the nineteenth century?

'Capital goods industry' refers to industries that produce:

What was the impact of the restrictive policies pursued by the colonial government on India’s foreign trade?

What were India's main exports during the colonial period?

What was the impact of the Suez Canal on British control over India’s foreign trade?

Why did more than half of India’s foreign trade remain restricted to Britain during the colonial period?

What was the primary focus of the industrial sector before independence?

What was the orientation of foreign trade before independence?

What did the prevalence of rampant poverty and unemployment require before independence?

What was the impact of British colonial rule on the Indian economy?

What was the primary purpose of developing inland trade and sea lanes during the colonial dispensation?

Why did the Coast Canal on the Orissa coast prove uneconomical during the colonial era?

What was the impact of introducing the expensive system of electric telegraph in India?

What was a significant drawback of the postal services during the colonial era?

'Was the British Raj good for India?' - What is an appropriate conclusion after studying the text?

'An understanding of the economy before independence is necessary to appreciate the level of development achieved during the post-independence period.' - What does this statement imply?

What were the primary challenges faced by India's social and economic sectors before independence?

What were the economic policies of the British government concerned with during colonial rule?

What was the share of workforce in the agricultural sector during the colonial period?

What was the primary motive behind the development of infrastructure like railways and ports in colonial India?

How did the introduction of railways affect the Indian economy during colonial rule?

What was the outcome of the Coast Canal on the Orissa coast in terms of competition with the railways?

What was the main purpose of the expensive system of electric telegraph in India during colonial rule?

How did the British rule impact the agricultural sector in India by the time it gained independence?

What was the impact of railways on long distance travel in India during colonial rule?

What was the share of workforce in the manufacturing sector during colonial rule?

What was a significant aspect of workforce variation under colonial rule?

What were some of the challenges faced by rural areas during colonial rule?

Which sector experienced a decline in workforce dependence in certain regions under colonial rule?

What was one of the main effects of the introduction of railways on Indian agriculture under colonial rule?

What was the main reason for the stagnation in the agricultural sector during the colonial rule?

Under the zamindari system, who benefited from the profit accruing out of the agriculture sector?

What was the primary motive of the colonial government's policy to de-industrialise India?

What effect did the zamindars' attitude have on the economic condition of the cultivators?

Why did a large section of tenants, small farmers, and sharecroppers not invest in agriculture?

What contributed to the dismal level of agricultural productivity during the colonial rule?

What was the main interest of the zamindars under the zamindari system?

What did the export surplus during the colonial rule not result in?

What was the purpose of the Suez Canal, as described in the passage?

What was the literacy level in India during the colonial period, according to the passage?

What was the impact of public health facilities on the population during the colonial period?

What characterized the mortality rate during the colonial period, particularly the infant mortality rate?

What did the census in 1881 reveal about India's population growth?

During the colonial period, what characterized the occupational structure of India?

Why were water and air-borne diseases rampant during the colonial period?

What was the primary purpose of collecting demographic data through the census?

What was one major impact of opening the Suez Canal in 1869 on transportation?

What characterized India's overall mortality rate during the colonial period?

What was revealed about social development indicators during the second stage of demographic transition after 1921?