Indian Industrialists and Their Suppression by The British

Q.

The first jute mill in India was started in ________.

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

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

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

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

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

1. 1842

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

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

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.