Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Modern India: Colonial cities

Question:

Which of the following was an important 'industrial city' in India in the 19th century specialising in leather, woollen and cotton textiles?

Options:

Surat

Kanpur

Madras

All of the above

Correct Answer:

Kanpur

Explanation:

Although Calcutta, Bombay and Madras supplied raw materials for industry in England and had emerged because of modern economic forces like capitalism, their economies were not primarily based on factory production. The majority of the working population in these cities belonged to what economists classify as the tertiary sector.
There were only two important "industrial cities": Kanpur, specialing in leather, woollen and cotton textiles, and Jamshedpur, specialising in steel.