AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
(C) China
Seth Hukumchand, the Marwari businessman who set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in 1917, had earlier traded with China.
The passage in section 4.1 explicitly states: "Seth Hukumchand, a Marwari businessman who set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in 1917, also traded with China." The "also" links him to the earlier examples of Tagore and the Bombay Parsis who all accumulated wealth through the China trade. Don't confuse this with the Madras merchants who traded with Burma, the Middle East, and East Africa — those are different groups mentioned separately.