The British Government’s Industrial Policy

Q. Why was it a contentious issue when the British government in India was forced to levy a 3.5% tax on Indian cloth in order to protect the sale of British cloth in India?

1. Indians were already paying huge chunks of their income as tax and the additional tax would have been excessively burdensome.
2. Indians realized that the British government would not help the Indian production houses.
3. Indians realised that the British would utilise the tax money for building factories for ammunition and supply during WWI.
4. Indian factories did not have any governmental protection in terms of laws to safeguard their interests.

Q. In 1896, the British government levied the same amount of tax on both British and Indian cloth. Why?

1. To protect the sale of British cloth in India.
2. To protect the interest of Indian mill owners.
3. To protect the sale of British cloth in Britain.
4. To protect the sale of Indian-made cloth.

Q. Two cloth mills were set up in India at _____ and ______ in the 1850s.

1. Mumbai
2. Chennai
3. Allahabad
4. Ahmedabad

Q. "A rapid development took place in Indian industry during the First World War." Elaborate the reasons for the same.

Q. Indian cloth mills were established in India in the 1850s in which two cities?

1. Mumbai, Ahemdabad
2. Ahemdabad, Pune
3. Jamshedpur, Mumbai
4. Visakhapatnam, Pune

Q. Assertion [A]: The factory owners and the educated mass of India wanted a special tax on the British cloth being sold in India.

Reason [R]: The idea of levying tax on foreign goods was taken from the English mainland.

1. [A] is true, but [R] is false
2. [A] and [R] are true, but [R] is not the correct justification for [A]
3. [A] and [R] are false
4. [A] and [R] are true, and [R] is the correct justification for [A]

Q. Choose the appropriate pairs in the context of the British government’s industrial policy in India.

1. British governments income in 1896
2. Levied 3.5% tax on British cloth coming to India.
3. Special tax on British cloth
4. Drastically reduced
5. Factory owners of India
6. British Government

Q. The protection of tariff would be done by _______________.

1. Cloth made in New England
2. Cloth made in England
3. Cotton grown in the South
4. Wheat grown in the West
5. Corn grown in New England

Q. Which of the follwing was not produced in Indian industries during the British rule?

1. Paper
2. Cement
3. Thread
4. Weapons

Q. Two cloth mills were set up in India at _____ and ______ in the 1850s.

1. Mumbai
2. Chennai
3. Allahabad
4. Ahmedabad

Q. In 1896, the British government levied the same amount of tax on both British and Indian cloth. Why?

1. To protect the interest of Indian mill owners.
2. To protect the sale of British cloth in India.
3. To protect the sale of Indian-made cloth.
4. To protect the sale of British cloth in Britain.

Q. Choose the appropriate pairs in the context of the British government’s industrial policy in India.

1. British governments income in 1896
2. Levied 3.5% tax on British cloth coming to India.
3. Special tax on British cloth
4. Drastically reduced
5. Factory owners of India
6. British Government

Q. the introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloomworkers to improve their productivity explain how ?