UPSC PYQPrelims 2020

Civil Services Examination · Question 33

Indigo cultivation in India declined by the beginning of the 20th century because of

  1. peasant resistance to the oppressive conduct of planters
  2. its unprofitability in the world market because of new inventions
  3. national leaders' opposition to the cultivation of indigo
  4. Government control over the planters
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Answer: (B) its unprofitability in the world market because of new inventions

Explanation

The invention of synthetic indigo (Germany, late 1890s) made natural indigo unprofitable.