The number of opium chests exported to China by the British government in Bengal before 1767 was.
A
400
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B
500
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C
600
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D
700
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Solution
The correct option is B 500 Before 1767, no more than 500 chests (of two maunds each) were being exported from India. Within four years, the quantity trebled. A hundred years later, in 1870, the government was exporting about 50,000 chests annually.