The tea industry is taken as an example of colonial industrialisation in India. Which of the following is NOT shown by this example?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Colonial laws had to stick to the democratic norms followed in Britain
Option (1) Official reports show unfair means used to hire and keep labourers — Shown by the tea example. Official reports show the colonial government using unfair means to hire and forcibly keep labourers.
Option (2) Administrators were clear harsh measures were taken to benefit the planters — Shown by the tea example. The administrators were clear that harsh measures against labourers were taken so that the planters benefited.
Option (3) Colonial laws had to stick to the democratic norms followed in Britain — Not shown by the tea example. The administrators knew that the laws of a colony did not have to stick to Britain's democratic norms. The option reverses this, so the example does not show it.
Option (4) Early industrialisation was governed by colonial interests — Shown by the tea example. The tea industry is taken as the case of early industrialisation governed by colonial interests. This is the reason India's path differed from Britain's.
NCERT (2026-27): “The Tea Plantations … “Significantly the colonial administrators were clear that harsh measures were taken against the labourers to make sure they benefited the planters. They were also fully aware that the laws of a colonised country did not have to stick to the democratic norms that the British back home had to follow in Britain.” |