Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Medieval History

Eighteenth-century India exported more goods than it imported, received silver and gold to balance its trade and possessed flourishing textile and shipbuilding industries. At the same time, agriculture remained technologically backward and peasants paid heavy demands to the state, zamindars, jagirdars and revenue-farmers.<br/><br/>Which conclusion is best supported by these facts?

  1. Export growth automatically produced broad-based prosperity among the peasantry.
  2. Economic self-sufficiency prevented India from participating substantially in foreign trade.
  3. Commercial and industrial vitality coexisted with agrarian exploitation and wider economic stagnation.
  4. Precious metals flowed into India because the value of its imports exceeded the value of its exports.
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