Here is Question No. 33 a part of our series on UPSC Prelims 2020.
Q33. Indigo cultivation in India declined by the beginning of the 20th century because of
(a) peasant resistance to the oppressive conduct of planters
(b) its unprofitability in the world market because of new inventions
(c) national leaders’ opposition to the cultivation if indigo
(d) Government control over the planters
Answer: B
- Indigo is a blue dye which comes from the indigo plant. During the rule of the East India Company and later during the British Raj, it was widely grown in India. It was often called “Blue Gold” and widely traded in the European market. New inventions took place in Germany where the invention of scientific techniques like modern synthetic chemistry took place. By the late 19th century, nearly all indigo came from indigo bush plantations in India. The Germans succeeded in making it in the laboratory in 1878, but it took nearly three decades for the large-scale production of synthetic indigo.
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