UPSC Prelims · 2020 · GS Paper I · Q33
Indigo cultivation in India declined by the beginning of the 20th century because of
- (A)Peasant resistance to the oppressive conduct of planters
- (B)Its unprofitability in the world market because of new inventions
- (C)National leader’s opposition to the cultivation of indigo
- (D)Government control over the planters
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Answer: (B) Its unprofitability in the world market because of new inventions
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- Tribal, Peasant & Working Class Movements
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