Match List-I (term used for the colonial period) with List-II (its me…

Match List-I (term used for the colonial period) with List-II (its meaning):

List-I	List-II
(A) Malmal	(I) Distribution of working persons across different industries and sectors
(B) Capital goods industry	(II) The finest variety of muslin
(C) Occupational structure	(III) Use of the export surplus to pay for a British office, British wars and invisible imports
(D) Drain of Indian wealth	(IV) Industries producing machine tools that are used to make articles for current consumption

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

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

Each term below comes from a different part of India’s colonial economy.

List-I	List-II	Reason
(A) Malmal	(II) The finest variety of muslin	Muslin was a famous cotton textile of Bengal.
(B) Capital goods industry	(IV) Industries producing machine tools that are used to make articles for current consumption	It makes the machines that other factories use.
(C) Occupational structure	(I) Distribution of working persons across different industries and sectors	It shows where people work: farms, factories or services.
(D) Drain of Indian wealth	(III) Use of the export surplus to pay for a British office, British wars and invisible imports	The surplus left India instead of bringing in gold or silver.

NCERT (2026-27): “Box 1.1: Textile Industry in Bengal … ‘Daccai Muslin’ had gained worldwide fame as an exquisite type of cotton textile. The finest variety of muslin was called malmal.”

“1.4 Industrial Sector … However, there was hardly any capital goods industry to help promote further industrialisation in India. Capital goods industry means industries which can produce machine tools which are, in turn, used for producing articles for current consumption. …”

“1.7 Occupational Structure During the colonial period, the occupational structure of India, i.e., distribution of working persons across different industries and sectors, showed little sign of change. …”

“1.5 Foreign Trade … Furthermore, this export surplus did not result in any flow of gold or silver into India. Rather, this was used to make payments for the expenses incurred by an office set up by the colonial government in Britain, expenses on war, again fought by the British government, and the import of invisible items, all of which led to the drain of Indian wealth.”