Indian Economic Development

Development Experience (1947-90)

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__________ was the first to discuss the concept of poverty line, during the Independent India.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Shaheen Rafi Khan

Sukhamoy Chakravarty

Dadabhai Naoroji

✅ Correct Option: 4

Dadabhai Naoroji was the first to discuss the concept of poverty line. He used the menu for a prisoner to compute the subsistence level cost and then worked out the average expenditure on the basis of prevailing prices. The NCERT textbook credits him with this pioneering work.

Note: The question says during Independent India but Dadabhai Naoroji did this work in the pre-independence era. We have chosen the option that matches the canonical NCERT attribution.

2022: 30 Aug Shift 2

Small scale industries could not compete with the large firms and hence were protected by the government. Which of the following statements is incorrect with regard to this :

2022: 19 July Shift 2

Consider the statements :

(A) Almost 60% of population lived in villages on the eve of Independence.

(B) India was self sufficient in food grains, during Pre-British India.

(D) India was major exporter of finished goods on the eve of Independence

(E) TISCO was established in the year 1907.

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2026: 6 June Shift 1

Which of the following are parts of the Green Revolution?

(A) High Yield Variety (HYV) seeds

(B) Self-sufficiency in food grains

(D) Fertilizers and pesticides

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2026: 11 May Shift 1

Match the LIST-I with LIST-II

LIST-I		LIST-II
A.	Source of Human Capital	I. Abolition of the zamindari system
B.	Minimum Support Price	II. Balancing resources use between present and future generation
C.	Land Reform	III. Long term assurance to farmers
D.	Sustainable Development	IV. Investment in education

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2026: 20 May Shift 1

Which of the following was a land settlement system introduced by the Britishers?

2026: 15 May Shift 1

Arrange the following in Chronological order:

A. Third Five-Year Plan.

B. Nationalisation of RBI.

C. Introduction of GST in the Indian Tax System.

D. Establishment of NABARD.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

__________ was the first to discuss the concept of poverty line, during the Independent India.

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