British settlers bought land in Bengal in order to ______________.

introduce cultivation of cash crops in India

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cultivate Indigo

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settle down in India

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promote export business in Bengal

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Solution

The correct option is B cultivate Indigo
Many whites, therefore, either acquired loans to poor farmers or pressurised them to forsake the farming of food grains and other cash crops for indigo cultivation.

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