Cities play a key role in economic systems of the empires. Which of the following is not one of them?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → To maintain the traditional values
Option (1) Goods can be cheaply imported — A role of colonial cities (Incorrect). Coastal cities such as Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai were favoured because from them primary commodities could be easily exported and manufactured goods could be cheaply imported.
Option (2) Concrete expression of Global Capitalism — A role of colonial cities (Incorrect). By linking India to Britain’s economy, these cities were the concrete expression of global capitalism.
Option (3) Link between margins of Colonized India and Britain — A role of colonial cities (Incorrect). Colonial cities were the prime link between the economic centre or core in Britain and the periphery or margins in colonised India.
Option (4) To maintain the traditional values — Not a role of colonial cities (Correct). The key role of these cities in the empire’s economic system was trade: exporting raw materials such as cotton and jute and importing manufactured goods. Keeping traditional values is not an economic role of a city in an empire.
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