Who of the following was/were economic critic/critics of colonialism in India?1.Dadabhai Naoroji2.G. Subramania Iyer3.R.C. DuttSelect the correct answer using the codes given below

1. A

   1 only

   (a) 1 only. Dadabhai Naoroji (Drain Theory, Poverty and Un-British Rule) is an economic critic, but G. Subramania Iyer and R.C. Dutt belong in the same set. 1 only is too narrow.

2. B

   1 and 2 only

   (b) 1 and 2 only. Naoroji and Iyer are in, but R.C. Dutt’s Economic History of India is a classic drain-and-deindustrialisation critique. Dropping 3 is wrong.

3. C

   2 and 3 only

   (c) 2 and 3 only. Iyer and Dutt are critics, yet omitting Naoroji—the foremost drain theorist—is untenable.

4. D

   1, 2 and 3

   (d) 1, 2 and 3. All three wrote economic critiques of colonial rule: Naoroji’s drain, Iyer’s journalism and Congress economics, and Dutt’s two-volume Economic History. That full set is the official key.

Summary. Official key is (d) 1, 2 and 3. Dadabhai Naoroji, G. Subramania Iyer and R.C. Dutt all criticised the economic working of British rule. None of the three can be dropped. The keyed answer is the complete trio.