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Topic

Drain of Wealth

Asked 3 times in CSE, peaking in 2015.
3
PYQs
1
Exams
1
Years active
2015–2015
Span
2015
Peak
3/3
Answers
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Key insights

  • Most tested in CSE — 3 of 3 PYQs
  • Most asked in 2015
  • Recurs across 1 years (2015–2015)

Across exams

CSE · 3

How the concept evolved

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Largely a pre-2016 idea — watch for a comeback.

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Sample questions

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CSE2015

Who of the following was/were economic critic/critics of colonialism in India?

  1. Dadabhai Naoroji
  2. G. Subramania Iyer
  3. R. C. Dutt

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A 1 only
  2. B 1 and 2 only
  3. C 2 and 3 only
  4. D 1, 2 and 3 ✓
✓ Correct answer: (D)
History › Freedom Struggle (1857–1947)
CSE
"Poverty and Un-British Rule in India" was written by
  1. A Dadabhai Naoroji ✓
  2. B Mahatma Gandhi
  3. C SardarPatel
  4. D MadanMohanMalviya
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)
CSE
The theory of economic drain from India to England was propounded by
  1. A Dadabhai Naoroji ✓
  2. B R. C. Dutt
  3. C B. G. Tilak
  4. D L. K. Jha
✓ Correct answer: (A)
History › Modern India (1757–1857)

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