Which of the following items were exported from Madras to Britain in colonial era?
(A) Coffee
(B) Indigo
(C) Jute
(D) Sugar
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Coffee Correct. In colonial India the port cities were developed to ship goods to Britain, and Madras sent coffee, sugar, indigo dyes and cotton to Britain. Coffee was one of them.
(B) Indigo Correct. Indigo dyes were exported from Madras.
(C) Jute Incorrect. Jute was exported from Calcutta to Dundee, not from Madras.
(D) Sugar Correct. Sugar was exported from Madras.
NCERT (2025-26): “1.2 Urbanisation and Industrialisation … In British India for example Bombay was planned and re-developed so that by 1900 over three-quarters of India’s raw cotton were shipped through the city. Calcutta exported jute to Dundee while Madras sent coffee, sugar, indigo dyes and cotton to Britain.…” |