Which of the following issues against British rule was NOT highlighte…

The correct answer is Option (4) → The British introduction of English articles increasing the employment of weavers, shoemakers, etc.

Option (1) The British imposed exorbitant jumas and disgraced the zamindars. — Correct statement. Section I, on zemindars, says the British Government had imposed exorbitant Jumas (revenue demand) and disgraced and ruined several zemindars by auctioning their estates.

Option (2) The British monopolised trade of all fine and valuable merchandise. — Correct statement. Section II, on merchants, says the British had monopolised the trade of all the fine and valuable merchandise, such as indigo and cloth, leaving only the trade of trifles to the people.

Option (3) The British accorded little respect and low pay to the natives employed in the civil and military services. — Correct statement. Section III, on public servants, says natives in the civil and military services had little respect, low pay and no manner of influence.

Option (4) The British introduction of English articles increasing the employment of weavers, shoemakers, etc. — Incorrect statement. Section IV, on artisans, says the opposite: the introduction of English articles had thrown the weavers, the cotton dressers, the carpenters, the blacksmiths and the shoemakers out of employ.