Which of the following statements are correct?
1. British 'trade surplus' with India in the nineteenth century meant that the value of British exports to India was much higher than the value of British imports from India.
2. India played a crucial role in the late-nineteenth-century world economy by helping Britain balance its deficits.
3. Britain grew opium in India and exported it to China and, therefore, for a while after the 1820s, opium became India's single largest export.
4. The nineteenth century saw export of Indian raw materials decline, and that of manufactured goods increase.
Select the answer using the code given below:
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
| List-I (Unit in use in early India) |
List-II (Content) |
|---|---|
| A. Muhurta | 2. Measure of time |
| B. Raktika | 1. Measure of weight |
| C. Angula | 4. Measure of length |
| D. Pada | 3. Metre of poetry |
First coins in Indian history bearing the names and images of rulers were issued by the :
A. Mauryas
B. Pushyabhutis
C. Guptas
D. Indo-Greeks
Social theorists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries emphasised the emergence of industrialisation, urbanisation, secularisation and bureaucratisation as hallmarks of:
A. Modernity
B. Feudalism
C. Kingship
D. Medievalism