History · Administration and Economy
UGC NET January 2017 History
Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R). Select the correct answer from the codes given below.
Assertion (A): The European trade in indigo became very important in the first half of the seventeenth century, after which it experienced a sharp decline.
Reason (R): There was a rise in the price of indigo and competition from the slave-worked plantations established in the West Indies.
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 European trade in indigo was very important in the early seventeenth century.
★After that it fell sharply.
★The price of Indian indigo rose.
★There was also competition from the slave-worked plantations of the West Indies.
★So these two factors explain why the indigo trade declined.
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