Match the following options in List 1 and List 2 correctly:

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

(A)- IV, (B)- I, (C)- II, (D)- III

The correct answer is Option 1 - (A)- IV, (B)- I, (C)- II, (D)- III

The correct match is:

Explanation:

Indian merchants and middlemen supplied and participated in this trade and they helped integrate Bombay's economy directly into Malwa, Rajasthan and Sind where opium was grown.

1773- Supreme Court set up in Calcutta by the East India Company

The 'dubashes' were Indians who could speak two languages- The local language and English. They worked as agents and merchants, acting as intermediaries between Indian society and the British.

Initially, jobs with the Company were monopolised by the Vellalars, a rural caste who took advantage of the new opportunities provided by British rule. With the spread of English education in the nineteenth century, Brahmins started competing for similar positions in the administration. Telugu Komatis were a powerful commercial group that controlled the grain trade in the city. Gujarati bankers had also been present since the eighteenth century. Paraiyars and Vanniyars formed the labouring poor.