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Modern Indian History UPPSC 2007 GS-I
Question

The first attempt of Indians to measure national income:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: By Dadabhai Naoroji

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “By Dadabhai Naoroji”.
Dadabhai Naoroji is considered the first person to estimate India's national income before independence.

Similar Questions:

Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below:
List-I - List-II

I. Lord Dalhousie - A. Prohibition of Sati
II. Lord William Bentinck - B. Local Self Government
III. Lord Rippon - C. Division of Bengal
IV. Lord Curzon - D. Doctrine of Lapse

Code:
I II III IV
  1. A) DABC
  2. B) DBAC
  3. C) ABCD
  4. D) CABD
Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
  1. A) Hector Munro – Battle of Buxar
  2. B) Lord Hastings – Anglo Nepal War
  3. C) Lord Wellesley – Fourth Anglo Mysore War
  4. D) Lord Cornwallis – Third Anglo Maratha War
Two Home Rule Leagues were started in 1915-16 under the leadership of:
  1. A) Tilak and Annie Besant
  2. B) Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh
  3. C) Tilak and Lala Lajpat Rai
  4. D) Tilak and Vipin Chandra Pal
Which one of the following was the result of Khilafat movement?
  1. A) Hindu Muslim differences were narrowed down
  2. B) Language problem became acute
  3. C) Hindu Muslim riots increased
  4. D) Hindus were suppressed
According to Gandhiji nonviolence is:
  1. A) a way to attain truth
  2. B) a way to win political freedom
  3. C) the only way to realise God
  4. D) an end in itself
Kanpur Conspiracy Case was against leaders of:
  1. A) Khilafat movement
  2. B) Non-cooperation movement
  3. C) Communist movement
  4. D) Revolutionary movement
After the resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose, who was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?
  1. A) Abul Kalam Azad
  2. B) Rajendra Prasad
  3. C) Pattabhi Sitarammaya
  4. D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Who was the first woman president of the All India Congress?
  1. A) Mrs Annie Besant
  2. B) Mrs Sarojini Naidu
  3. C) Mrs Nalini Sengupta
  4. D) Aruna Asaf Ali
The Indian planned economy is based:
  1. A) On Gandhian system
  2. B) On the Socialist system
  3. C) On Capitalist system
  4. D) On Mixed economy
In a queue, Mohan is standing at the ninth number from the end and Sohan is standing at the eighth number from the beginning. Ram is standing in the middle of both. How many boys are standing in the line?
  1. A) 20
  2. B) 19
  3. C) 18
  4. D) 14
Who was the first President of All India trade union Congress?
  1. A) Dewan Chaman Lal
  2. B) Lala Lajpat Rai
  3. C) N.G. Ranga
  4. D) Swami Sahajanand
A man bought two shirts in Rs. 650. He sold one at 7% profit and other at 6% loss. He neither earned profit nor loss in this arrangement. What will be the cost price of each of the two shari.
  1. A) INR 350 & INR 300
  2. B) INR 320 & INR 330
  3. C) INR 330 & INR 320
  4. D) INR 300 & INR 350