During the Colonial rule Madras exported:
A. coffee, cotton
B. coffee, indigo
C. coffee, sugar
D. coffee, jute
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A, B, C only
A. coffee, cotton Correct. Madras sent coffee and cotton to Britain.
B. coffee, indigo Correct. Madras sent coffee and indigo dyes.
C. coffee, sugar Correct. Madras sent coffee and sugar.
D. coffee, jute Incorrect. Jute was the export of Calcutta, which sent it to Dundee.
NCERT (2025-26): “1.2 Urbanisation and Industrialisation The Colonial Experience … In British India for example Bombay was planned and re-developed so that by 1900 over three-quarters of India’s raw cotton were shipped through the city. Calcutta exported jute to Dundee while Madras sent coffee, sugar, indigo dyes and cotton to Britain. Urbanisation in the colonial period saw the decline of some earlier urban centres and the emergence of new colonial cities.…” |