History Practice Quiz 63

Q1.How did the East India Company's system of advances impact the land cultivation practices of many weavers?

A. Weavers were encouraged to expand their landholdings. B. Weavers had to lease out their land and devote all time to weaving. C. Weavers received additional land grants for their loyalty. D. Weavers were able to cultivate more diverse crops.

Q2.What was a key difference between the East India Company's gomasthas and the earlier supply merchants in weaving villages?

A. Gomasthas offered higher prices for cloth than earlier merchants. B. Earlier merchants were outsiders, while gomasthas were local. C. Gomasthas had no long-term social link with the village, unlike earlier merchants. D. Earlier merchants were appointed by the Company, while gomasthas were independent.

Q3.How did the gomasthas typically treat weavers who delayed supplies under the East India Company's system?

A. They offered incentives for timely delivery. B. They provided additional raw materials to speed up production. C. They punished weavers for delays, often beating and flogging them. D. They negotiated new deadlines with the weavers.

Q4.What does the term 'Sepoy' refer to?

A. A British officer in charge of revenue collection. B. An Indian soldier in the service of the British. C. A local merchant who supplied raw materials. D. A weaver who took advances from the Company.

Q5.In 1772, which Company official ventured to say that the demand for Indian textiles could never reduce due to their unique quality?

A. Henry Patullo B. Lord Dalhousie C. Robert Clive D. Warren Hastings

Q6.In the early nineteenth century, what did industrialists persuade the East India Company to do regarding British manufactures?

A. To stop importing raw cotton from India. B. To sell British manufactures in Indian markets. C. To establish new textile factories in India. D. To provide loans to Indian weavers.

Q7.According to the Commissioner of Patna, what was the status of cloth manufacture in Jahanabad and Bihar, approximately twenty years before his report?

A. It was thriving in both places. B. It had entirely ceased in both places. C. A brisk trade was carried on, which later ceased in Jahanabad and became very limited in Bihar. D. It was limited in Jahanabad but brisk in Bihar.

Q8.By the 1850s, what kind of stories did reports from most weaving regions of India narrate?

A. Stories of prosperity and growth. B. Stories of innovation and adaptation. C. Stories of decline and desolation. D. Stories of successful competition with British goods.

Q9.Which event led Britain to turn to India for cotton supplies?

A. The American Revolution B. The Napoleonic Wars C. The US Civil War D. The First World War

Q10.The growth of Bombay and Calcutta as trading ports from the 1780s marked which significant changes?

A. The rise of indigenous manufacturing industries and self-sufficiency B. The decline of the old trading order and the growth of the colonial economy C. The establishment of new independent kingdoms in India D. The end of British East India Company's influence in trade

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History Practice Quiz 63