Question

The poor farmers in Bengal took up Indigo cultivation because

• A. the government encouraged them to do so
• B. it was a money earning crop
• C. they were forced to do so
• D. this was the only crop that would grow in that region

Answer 1

The correct option is C they were forced to do so

Many poor farmers had been compelled to take up indigo cultivation when the British settlers were given the right to purcahse and cultivate land in India.