Indian Industrialists and their Suppression by the British

Q. Match the following mills with the places in which they were first established.

1. Ahmedabad (1861)
2. Bengal (1855)
3. Kanpur (1860)

Q. Which of the following statements is/are true about Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy?

1. He used his wealth for the betterment of society.
2. He started out in textile industry.
3. He used trade networks to make a fortune.
4. In 1850, British government bestowed him with Knighthood.

Q. Who among the following set up six joint-stock companies in the 1830s and 1840s?

1. Dwarkanath Tagore
2. Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy
3. Rabindranath Tagore
4. Seth Hukumchand

Q.

During which period did the cotton piece goods production double in India?

1. 1900 to 1902

2. 1900 to 1910

3. 1900 to 1920

4. 1900 to 1912

Q. Which among the following was not one of the ways in which Indian industrialists accumulated wealth?

1. Trading networks in foreign nations
2. Establishing nuclear powerplants
3. Establishing mills and factories
4. Financing other traders

Q. In recognition of his services towards the society, Jumshetjee Jeejhebhoy was conferred the knighthood by the British Government in _______.

1. 1842

Q. In which year did the production began at the first spinning and weaving mill of Madras?

1. 1871
2. 1872
3. 1873
4. 1874

Q. India's first textile mill was set up in 1854 in _______ .

1. Bombay
2. Gujarat
3. Assam
4. Chennai

Q. Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.
Which word in the passage means 'a person who gives money or other help to an artist'?

1. Lorenzo
2. Pioneer
3. Noble
4. Benefactor

Q. why was silas hailed as the regarded citizen of the raveloe and nobody was jealous of him?

Q. Who among the following was knighted by the British government in 1842 in recognition for his services to the city of Mumbai?

1. C P Durani
2. Dwarkanath Tagore
3. Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy
4. Dinshaw Petit

Q. In which year was the first jute mill established in Bengal?

1. 1852
2. 1853
3. 1854
4. 1855

Q. Which among the following is not a reason for the decline of Indian merchants during the colonial rule of the British?

1. Abolishing the exports of Indian merchants except for raw materials and food grains
2. Suppressing Indian businessmen in the shipping industry
3. Increased competition with Arab merchants
4. Restricting trade of Indian merchants with Europe for manufactured goods