Arrange the following process in chronological order: (A) Manufacture…

The correct answer is Option (4) → (C), (D), (E), (B), (A)

(C) Plucking of Tendu leaves — The process of making bidis starts in forested villages where villagers pluck tendu leaves.

(D) Selling Tendu leaves by contractor to Government — The villagers sell the leaves to the forest department or to a private contractor, who in turn sells them to the forest department.

(E) Auctioning leaves to factory owner — The government then auctions the leaves to bidi factory owners, who give them to the contractors.

(B) Workers rolling the leaves — The contractor supplies tobacco and leaves to home-based workers, mostly women, who roll the bidis: they dampen the leaves, cut them, fill in tobacco and tie them with thread.

(A) Manufacture branding and selling — Last, the contractor sells the bidis to the manufacturer, who roasts them and puts on his own brand label, and then sells them to a distributor.