Railways PYQCBT 1 2020

RRB NTPC · Question 77

The first attempt to calculate national income in India was made by:

  1. Dadabhai Naoroji

  2. VKRV Rao

  3. PC Mahalanobis

  4. SD Tendulkar

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Answer: (A) Dadabhai Naoroji

Explanation

Dadabhai Naoroji made the first estimate of India's national income in 1867–68, in 'Poverty and Un-British Rule in India'.