Indian Indigo and Its Rise in Popularity
Trending Questions
Q. What crops did the British cultivate in India?
- Tea
- Sugarcane
- Wheat
- Indigo
Q.
Bigha and Guintha are
the type of village house
the types of Hybrid seeds
the measuring units of grain
the measuring units of land area in village
Q.
Till when did the East India Company purchase goods in India by importing gold and silver from Britain?
1860
1865
1875
1870
Q.
Where in the Caribbean islands did the French begin to produce indigo?
Tobago
Jamaica
St Domingue
Barbados
Q. What are cash crops?
- Crops cultivated to pay off tax.
- Crops cultivated for commercial use.
- Crops cultivated for one's own use.
- None of the above.
Q. How did the East India Company purchase goods in India before 1865 CE?
- By mining for diamonds in the Indian subcontinent.
- All of the above.
- By taking a loan from the Portuguese.
- By importing gold and silver from Britain.
Q. The indigo plant grows abundantly in tropical regions.
- True
- False
Q. Choose the colonizers and the respective places where they cultivated Indigo.
- Venezuela
- Portuguese
- Caribbean Islands
- Spanish
- English
- Brazil
- Jamaica
- French
Q. Why did European countries pressurize their governments to ban indigo?
- Indigo was expensive to import.
- Indigo was hard to cultivate in temperate regions.
- An indegenious crop like woad which could suffice the same purpose as indigo faced immense competition from indigo.
- Using indigo was against some religious practices.
Q. Who was the biggest supplier of Indigo in the world during the 18th century?
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka
- England
- India
Q. What does the term "slave" mean?
- A contract worker.
- A daily wage labourer.
- A person of the royal family.
- A person owned by someone else.
Q. Before the widespread use of indigo, European manufacturers used Nightshade to get violet and blue dyes.
- True
- False
Q. What goods did the East India Company trade in when they came to India?
- Diamonds
- Pulses
- Guns and ammunition
- Textiles
