Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Structural Change

Question:

The recruitment of labourers for tea gardens of Assam happened under the 

Options:

The Factory Act, 1851 

Assam Labour and Emigration Bill, 1901 

Transport of Native Labourers Act (No 111), 1863 

Trade Union Act, 1912 

Correct Answer:

Transport of Native Labourers Act (No 111), 1863 

Explanation:
The recruitment of labourers for tea gardens of Assam was carried on for years mostly by contractors under the provisions of the Transport of Native Labourers Act (No. III) of 1863 of Bengal as amended in 1865, 1870 and 1873