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

Q1. [1] medium thorough-understanding
Britain's raw cotton imports rose sharply from 2.5 million pounds in 1760 to 22 million pounds by 1787. Which of the following best explains this dramatic increase? (A) The invention of the power loom made weaving faster than spinning, creating huge demand for raw cotton (B) The abolition of the East India Company's trade monopoly opened new cotton-growing regions (C) Mechanised spinning inventions such as the Spinning Jenny and Water Frame greatly increased the speed of yarn production, raising demand for raw cotton (D) British colonies were compelled to export raw cotton instead of finished cloth under new trade laws
  1. A The East India Company began directly supplying raw cotton to British mills at subsidised rates.
  2. B A series of inventions improved each stage of production, increased output per worker, and enabled the manufacture of stronger threads, boosting the cotton industry's capacity.
  3. C The decline of the wool industry freed up existing machinery and warehouses for cotton processing.
  4. D The British government banned imports of Indian finished textiles, forcing mills to import only raw cotton instead.
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 14:58 · grounding rag
Model Answer

(B) A series of inventions improved each stage of production, increased output per worker, and enabled the manufacture of stronger threads, boosting the cotton industry's capacity.

Explanation

The passage explicitly states: "A series of inventions in the eighteenth century increased the efficacy of each step of the production process… They enhanced the output per worker… and they made possible the production of stronger threads and yarn." This directly caused higher demand for raw cotton. Option B matches this explanation from the source. The other options introduce points not supported by the passage (e.g., East India Company subsidies, wool industry decline, or government bans on finished cloth imports).

Source: The Coming Up of the Factory, Chapter 4

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