Homework Quiz: Imperialism and De-Industrialization in India

Before 1750, India was a significant manufacturer in world trade, producing about what percentage of the world's industrial output?

• A) 5%

• • B) 15%

• C) 25%

• D) 35%

What was the key factor that led to the de-industrialization of India?

• • A) Lack of skilled labor

• • B) Political instability

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• • C) European industrialization

  
  

• • D) Economic recession

  
  

India shifted from exporting textiles to exporting raw cotton as a result of:

• • A) Technological advancements in India

• • B) Increased demand for cotton in India

• • C) British efforts to keep new technology out of India

• • D) Declining cotton production in India

What were the negative consequences of the shift in production from textiles to raw cotton in India?

• A) Increased employment opportunities

• B) Mass migrations of weavers seeking new jobs

• C) Stabilization of regional markets

• D) Growth of the Indian textile industry

What contributed to the decline of the Mughal Empire's control over India's trade?

• A) Stable infrastructure

• B) European merchants gaining control

• C) Full employment in the hand-made cloth industry

• D) Weakening of foreign trade alliances

How did European merchants become more involved in local politics and military rivalries in India?

• A) By forming alliances with the Mughal Empire

• B) By recruiting European soldiers

• C) By trading with local rulers

• D) By employing large armies to protect their goods

How did the British East India Company gain control over agricultural lands in India?

• A) By forming alliances with local leaders

• B) By establishing a strong military presence

• C) By collecting taxes on behalf of the Mughal Empire

• D) By promoting indigenous land ownership traditions

What was the impact of the British government's reorganization of the tax system in India?

• • A) It reduced taxes for small rice farmers.

• • B) It encouraged greater economic self-reliance.

• • C) It led to the growth of the Indian textile industry.

• • D) It hurt small rice farmers and facilitated cotton production.

What concept did Indian nationalists associate with greater political independence and economic self-reliance?

• • A) Swadeshi

• • B) Britishism

• • C) Colonialism

• • D) Imperialism

What symbolic act did Indian freedom fighters engage in to protest British rule and promote self-reliance?

• • A) Burning British-made clothes

• • B) Importing Western fashions

• • C) Promoting European industrialization

• • D) Encouraging the use of spinning wheels