History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET June 2011 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes below.
Assertion (A): According to Moreland, the major portion of India's export was accounted for by textiles.
Reason (R): Babur mentions that cotton cloth was among the main merchandise brought from India to Kabul.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A ✓ Correct
BBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
CA is true, but R is false
DA is false, but R is true
Correct answer: (A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
Explanation
★Both statements are true and the reason explains the assertion, so the answer is both true with R explaining A.
★The historian W.H. Moreland showed that textiles formed the largest share of India's exports in the medieval and early modern period.
★Indian cotton cloth was prized across Asia, Africa and later Europe for its quality and variety.
★Babur, in his memoir the Baburnama, indeed records cotton cloth among the chief goods carried from India to Kabul.
★His testimony directly supports Moreland's point about the dominance of textile exports.
★This trade made Indian handlooms central to the early modern world economy.
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