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AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.

Q1. [1] straightforward thorough-understanding
[mcq] Which of the following best explains why small textile producers in European towns faced a severe economic crisis in the 1830s–1840s? (A) They were taxed heavily by conservative regimes to fund wars (B) Cheap machine-made goods from England undercut their handmade products (C) Guilds banned them from selling goods in city markets (D) The abolition of serfdom reduced the rural demand for cloth
  1. A The French Revolutionary Wars had destroyed most trade routes across Europe.
  2. B Guild restrictions had been reimposed after 1815, blocking production.
  3. C Cheap machine-made goods imported from more industrialised England undercut their prices.
  4. D Napoleon's continental blockade had cut off their supply of raw materials.
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 13:38 · grounding rag
Model Answer

Answer: (C)

Small textile producers faced stiff competition from cheap machine-made goods imported from England, where industrialisation was more advanced, undercutting their handmade products and causing severe economic hardship.

Source: Chapter 1, Section 3.2 – Hunger, Hardship and Popular Revolt

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Explanation

The passage explicitly states: "Small producers in towns were often faced with stiff competition from imports of cheap machine-made goods from England, where industrialisation was more advanced." This makes Option C the direct textbook answer. The other options (guild restrictions, Napoleon's blockade, trade routes) are not mentioned in the passage and are historically inaccurate for this context. Examiners look for the exact textbook reason — mechanised English imports undercutting continental handloom producers.

Previous-year CBSE Grade 10 board exam questions, organised by subject and chapter, each with a model answer — free to read and print.