Arrange the following events in chronological order (oldest to latest).
A. India got independence.
B. The first census collection in India.
C. Introduction of the railways in India.
D. Incorporation of Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO).
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → C, B, D, A
Under British rule the Indian economy changed step by step: first the railways, then a regular census, and early in the twentieth century the first large steel company. Independence in 1947 closed that colonial period.
C. Introduction of the railways in India. — 1850. The British introduced the railways in India in 1850. They opened up long distance travel and helped the commercialisation of Indian agriculture.
B. The first census collection in India. — 1881. Details of the population of British India were first collected through a census in 1881, and census operations were carried out every ten years after that.
D. Incorporation of Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO). — 1907. The iron and steel industry began coming up at the beginning of the twentieth century, and TISCO was incorporated in 1907.
A. India got independence. — 1947. Independence in 1947 ended nearly two centuries of British rule.