Question

Match the following:

1)	Year of the great divide	a)	19th century
2)	'Drain of Wealth'	b)	1921
3)	Infant Mortality Rate during the British period.	c)	32 years
4)	Life Expectancy Rate during the British period.	d)	218 per thousand

Options

• 1.b, 2.a, 3.d, 4.c

• 1.c, 2.a, 3.d, 4.b

• 1.b, 2.d, 3.a, 4.c

• 1.b, 2.c, 3.d, 4.a

Answer 1

1.b, 2.a, 3.d, 4.c

Explanation:

The Infant Mortality Rate was also very high, around 218 per thousand, and the Life Expectancy Rate was as low as 32 years, while it is now 63.5 years. The year 1921 is regarded as the defining year or the 'Year of Great Divide' because prior to 1921, India's population growth was never consistent, and Dadabhai Naroji advocated the theory of 'Drain of Wealth' in the nineteenth century.