Question

Assertion [A]: The factory owners and the educated mass of India wanted a special tax on the British cloth being sold in India.

Reason [R]: The idea of levying tax on foreign goods was taken from the English mainland.

• A. [A] is true, but [R] is false
• B. [A] and [R] are true, but [R] is not the correct justification for [A]
• C. [A] and [R] are true, and [R] is the correct justification for [A]
• D. [A] and [R] are false

Answer 1

The correct option is B [A] and [R] are true, but [R] is not the correct justification for [A]

As cloth mills started being established in India, the educated and factory owners and the educated mass of India wanted a special tax on the British cloth being sold in India. This was to ward off British competition to Indian cloth. The tax was supposed to make the English cloth more expensive which would ultimately encourage the buyers to purchase cloth made in India by Indian factories. This idea of levying tax on foreign goods was also taken from the English mainland.