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NDA 2 2024 GAT, question 100

Topic: History

Q100

The first cotton mill in British India which began production in 1856 was set up by

  1. (a) Ghanshyam Das Birla
  2. (b) Jamnalal Bajaj
  3. (c) Ambalal Sarabhai
  4. (d) C. N. DavarCorrect answer

Solution.

Answer: (d) C. N. Davar

  1. Cowasji Nanabhoy Davar founded the Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company in 1854.
  2. Its mill in Bombay began production in 1856, so the founder is C. N. Davar.

Trap: Earlier mills had been tried in India and failed; the 1856 Bombay mill is the one taken as the first successful cotton mill.