Class 10 - History

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1. According to Henry Patullo in 1772, why did he believe the demand for Indian textiles would never reduce?

(A) Decline in quality of Indian textiles
(B) Increasing competition from other nations
(C) High demand for Indian textiles
(D) Reduced production capacity in India

2. What was the percentage of piece-goods in India's exports in 1811-12?

(A) 3%
(B) 31%
(C) 33%
(D) 50%

3. What happened to the percentage of piece-goods in India's exports by 1850-51?

(A) Increased to 50%
(B) Decreased to 3%
(C) Remained at 33%
(D) Increased to 31%

4. Why did industrial groups in England pressure the government to impose import duties on cotton textiles?

(A) To encourage competition from other countries
(B) To boost Indian textile exports
(C) To protect Manchester goods from outside competition
(D) To reduce the demand for cotton textiles

5. What did industrialists persuade the East India Company to do regarding British manufactures?

(A) Increase export duties
(B) Sell them in Indian markets
(C) Stop manufacturing British goods
(D) Export them to other European countries

6. What happened to the exports of British cotton goods in the early nineteenth century?

(A) They remained stagnant
(B) They decreased dramatically
(C) They increased dramatically
(D) They disappeared completely

7. What was the situation of cotton piece-goods imports into India at the end of the eighteenth century?

(A) Virtually no imports
(B) A significant increase
(C) A major decrease
(D) Stable imports

8. What constituted over 31% of the value of Indian imports by 1850?

(A) British cotton goods
(B) Indian textiles
(C) Manchester goods
(D) Raw materials

9. What was the percentage of cotton piece-goods in the value of Indian imports by the 1870s?

(A) 31%
(B) 3%
(C) 50%
(D) 70%

10. What does the decline of textile exports from India imply?

(A) Increase in demand for Indian textiles
(B) Decrease in the quality of Indian textiles
(C) Decrease in demand for Indian textiles
(D) Increase in the production capacity in India