The Age of Industrialisation Part 5

What problems did the cotton weavers face in India?

• they were forced to close down their production
• export market collapsed, and the local market shrank, being glutted with Manchester machine made cheap imports.
• handmade goods took longer to make as compared to Manchester imports
• They could not get sufficient supply of raw cotton of good quality after the American civil war

First cotton mill in Bombay came up in the year ………and it went into production two years later?

• 1850
• 1854
• C 1852
• 1851

In the year ……… the first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production?

• 1874
• 1872
• 1877
• 1875

In the late 18th century which country did the upcoming indian Businessman gain maximum profit from?

• England.
• Burma
• China
• Ceylon

What did the Indian merchants export to Britain after the  colonial control over Indian trade tightened ?

•   rice
• jute
• handicrafts
• raw cotton, opium, wheat and indigo

Where did the workers come from to work in the Indian Industries that were set up?

•   In most industrial regions workers came from the districts around
• they came from different states and regions around
• they were brought in from Burma and Ceylon
• they did not come around due to lack of mobility

What was the role of the jobber?

•   was a production manager
• a finance manager
• employed by the business house to get new recruits
• sales head

Which country was yarn mainly exported to?

• Burma
• Britain
• China
• Japan

After the war, was Manchester able to recapture its old position in the Indian market ?

• Yes
• Yes, later after a few years
• No, the economy of Britain crumbled after the war. Cotton production collapsed and exports of cotton cloth from Britain fell dramatically
• Indians welcomed the Manchester imports

What was the status of the handloom industry in the first half of the 20th century in India?

• collapsed
• partially survived
• handloom cloth production expanded steadily
• British interference was too much