Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Structural Change

Question:

"The extensive importation of cheap European piecegoods and utensils, and the establishment in India itself of numerous factories of the Western type, have more or less destroyed many village industries. The high prices of agricultural produce have also led many village artisans to abandon their hereditary craft in favour of agriculture…The extent to which this disintegration of the old village organisation is proceeding varies considerably in different parts. The change is most noticeable in the more advanced provinces."

This observation pertains to which of the following?

Options:

Census of 1881

Cesnus of 1891

Census of 1911

Census of 1921

Correct Answer:

Census of 1911

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3: Census of 1911