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General Knowledge Practice Quiz 167
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Q1.What was the female literacy level in India during the colonial period?
Explanation: Female literacy level was at a negligible low of about seven percent.
Q2.What was the infant mortality rate in India during the colonial period?
Explanation: The infant mortality rate was about 218 per thousand during the colonial period.
Q3.What was the life expectancy in India during the colonial period?
Explanation: Life expectancy was very low at 32 years during the colonial period.
Q4.What factors led to high mortality rates in India under British rule?
Explanation: The recap states: 'Lack of adequate public health facilities, occurrence of frequent natural calamities and famines pauperised the hapless Indian people and resulted in engendering high mortality rates.'
Q5.What were the major social and economic challenges facing India at independence?
Explanation: Prevalence of rampant poverty and unemployment required welfare orientation of public economic policy.
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