Indian Indigo and its rise in popularity

Q. What goods did the East India Company trade in when they came to India?

1. Pulses
2. Textiles
3. Diamonds
4. Guns and ammunition

Q. How did the East India Company purchase goods in India before 1865 CE?

1. By mining for diamonds in the Indian subcontinent.
2. By importing gold and silver from Britain.
3. All of the above.
4. By taking a loan from the Portuguese.

Q. Who was the biggest supplier of Indigo in the world during the 18th century?

1. England
2. India
3. Nepal
4. Sri Lanka

Q. Why did European countries pressurize their governments to ban indigo?

1. Indigo was expensive to import.
2. Indigo was hard to cultivate in temperate regions.
3. An indegenious crop like woad which could suffice the same purpose as indigo faced immense competition from indigo.
4. Using indigo was against some religious practices.

Q. Before the widespread use of indigo, European manufacturers used Nightshade to get violet and blue dyes.

1. True
2. False

Q. How did the East India Company purchase goods in India before 1865 CE?

1. By importing gold and silver from Britain.
2. All of the above.
3. By mining for diamonds in the Indian subcontinent.
4. By taking a loan from the Portuguese.

Q. The indigo plant grows abundantly in tropical regions.

1. True
2. False

Q. Who was the biggest supplier of Indigo in the world during the 18th century?

1. England
2. India
3. Nepal
4. Sri Lanka

Q. What crops did the British cultivate in India?

1. Tea
2. Sugarcane
3. Wheat
4. Indigo

Q. What are cash crops?

1. Crops cultivated to pay off tax.
2. Crops cultivated for one's own use.
3. Crops cultivated for commercial use.
4. None of the above.

Q. What does the term "slave" mean?

1. A contract worker.
2. A person owned by someone else.
3. A person of the royal family.
4. A daily wage labourer.

Q. What goods did the East India Company trade in when they came to India?

1. Pulses
2. Textiles
3. Diamonds
4. Guns and ammunition

Q. What does the term 'plantation' mean?

1. A revenue estate
2. A printing mill
3. A glass house to grow plants in
4. A large farm

Q. What is a bigha?

1. An administrative grant
2. A slave
3. A type of tax
4. A unit of measurement of land