The Establishment of British Supremacy in Trade in India

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How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from Indian weavers?

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Give two examples of different types of global exchanges which took place before the seventeenth century, choosing one example from Asia and one from the Americas.

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Explain the three types of movements or flows within international economic exchange. Find one example of each type of flow which involved India and Indians, and write a short account of it.

Q. The East India Company appointed a paid servant called the _____ whose job was to supervise weavers.

1. Guard
2. Viceroy
3. Counsellor
4. Gomastha

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How Indian textiles dominated the world?

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Explain the three typesof movements or flows within international economic exchange. Findone example of each type of flow which involved India and Indians, and write a short account of it.

Q. How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from Indian weavers?

Q. Which among the following is not the reason for the decline of Indian textiles?

1. Imposition of import duties on Indian textiles
2. Supply of cheap machine-made goods from Britain
3. Increase in the price of cotton
4. Import of cheap machine-made goods from US

Q. Which among the following statements is not true about the British East India Company (EIC) gaining supremacy in trade in India?

1. Competition with other European powers to secure raw materials
2. Hiring gomasthas to supervise weavers and conduct quality checks
3. Offering advances and loans to weavers and farmers
4. Bargaining with Indian artisans to procure their finished products

Q. how did European company compane establish control over Indian trade

Q. Explain the three types of movements or flows within international economic exchange. Find one example of each type of flow which involved India and Indians, and write a short account of it.

Q. Which of the following is/are correct about the textile industry and trade in ancient India?

1. India was the node of a thriving textile trade.
2. Persian and Armenian merchants came for Indian textile.
3. The North-East Frontier was India's gateway to the world.
4. India produced coarse cotton.

Q. Explain any three steps taken to control crime in London in the 1870s.
Or
What were the main sources of attraction for Europeans to come to Africa in the late 19th century? How did they exploit their resources?
Or
What were the restrictions imposed upon the Indian merchants to benefit European trader in the 19th century?

Q. The international market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.

1. True
2. False

Q. Ram says that initially the East India Company struggled to get a regular supply of goods to export. Rahul says that the East India Company had to compete with other traders to secure a steady supply of woven cloth. Who do you think is right?

1. Ram is right.
2. Rahul is right.
3. Both are right.
4. Both are wrong.

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HOW DID THE EUROPEAN COMPANIES GRADUALLY GAIN POWER IN INDIA ?

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why did the weavers star migrating after the control of east india company in the field of textile

Q. Pick the new trade centers that emerged in India with the arrival of the Europeans:

1. Surat
2. Hoogly
3. Bombay
4. Calcutta

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Explain the three types of movements or flows within international economic exchange. Find one example of each type of flow which involved India and Indians, and write a short account of it.

Q. The East India Company appointed _____ to supervise weavers; collect supplies and examine the quality of cloth.

1. managers
2. gomastha
3. brokers
4. supervisors

Q. Which of the following techniques was/were used by the Europeans to gain monopoly over the trade in India?

1. Secured different types of concessions from local kings.
2. They gained monopoly rights over trade.
3. Helped Indian merchants to trade more.
4. Revived the business of old ports of Surat and Hooghly.

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Why are some Tamils in Sri Lanka called Indian Tamils ?

Q. Which among the following statements is not true about the East India Company (EIC) gaining supremacy in trade?

1. The EIC fought with other European traders to secure steady supply of raw materials.
2. The EIC hired gomasthas and gave advances to weavers to secure their finished products.
3. The gomasthas lived with the weavers and had a good relationship with the weavers.
4. The weavers leased out their agricultural plots to take up weaving on a full-time basis.

Q. Which of the following statements is/are true about the condition of the weavers during the British supremacy?

1. They failed to compete with the Manchester goods.
2. They were starved of supply.
3. In 1860, they had excess stock of raw cotton.
4. In 1860, they struggled to find enough good quality raw cotton.

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what led to the decline of indian textile industry?

Q. Which of the following factors led to the decline of textile industries in India?

1. British cotton industries in Manchester
2. Import duties in Britain on cotton textiles
3. Sale of British goods in Indian market
4. Increased sale of Indian goods in Britain