History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET June 2013 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): The advent of the European trading companies in India adversely affected India's export trade during the seventeenth century.
Reason (R): Large quantities of silver found their way into India due to the trading activities of the English East India Company in the seventeenth century.
ABoth A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
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
Correct answer: (D) A is false, but R is true — The assertion is false while the reason is true, so the answer is A is false but R is true.
Explanation
★The assertion is false while the reason is true, so the answer is A is false but R is true.
★In the seventeenth century the coming of the European companies actually helped, not harmed, India's export trade.
★Indian textiles and other goods were in great demand in Europe and Asia.
★The companies paid for these largely in silver, which flowed into India.
★So Indian exports rose and bullion poured in during this century.
★The harm to India's export trade came later, mainly from the eighteenth century onward.
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