Age of industrialisation

Over 50 % workers in the Bombay cotton industries came from

• Kanpur

• Culcutta

• Ratnagiri

• Delhi

They were old and trusted worker and Industrialists usually employed them to get new recruits.

• jobber

• Gomastha

• sepoy

Among the following which is NOT a sector that European Managing Agencies invested.

• jute

• indigo

• tourism

• mining

The movement by nationalists mobilised people to boycott foreign cloth.

• Quit India movement

• Non Cooperation movement

• Civil disobedience movement

• swadeshi movement

Why did export of Indian yarn to China declined

• Products from Chinese and Japanese mills flooded the Chinese market.

• Products from Indian mills flooded the Chinese market.

• Chinese product was very cheap

Choose the incorrect statement

• The war completely changed the whole scenario and Indian mills took advantage of the situation.

• The industrial production shrank over the years and after the war, Manchester could recapture its old position

• New factories were set up and old ones ran multiple shifts.

• Many new workers were employed and everyone was made to work longer hours