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AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.

Q1. [1] medium exam-ready
The Indian government initially put barriers on foreign trade and investment after Independence primarily because: (A) India had no foreign exchange reserves (B) Indian industries were just coming up and needed protection from foreign competition (C) Foreign companies refused to invest in India (D) The WTO forced India to do so
  1. A India had no foreign exchange reserves
  2. B Indian industries were just coming up and needed protection from foreign competition
  3. C Foreign companies refused to invest in India
  4. D The WTO forced India to do so
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 13:24 · grounding rag
Model Answer

(B) Indian industries were just coming up and needed protection from foreign competition.

The government put barriers to protect domestic industries in the 1950s–60s, as competition from imports would not have allowed these industries to develop.

Source: Liberalisation of foreign trade and foreign investment policy, Chapter 4

Explanation

The textbook clearly states that barriers were placed because "industries were just coming up in the 1950s and 1960s, and competition from imports at that stage would not have allowed these industries to come up." Options A, C, and D are not supported by the text — WTO actually pushed for removal of barriers, not their creation.

Previous-year CBSE Grade 10 board exam questions, organised by subject and chapter, each with a model answer — free to read and print.