Multiple choice

Which of the following were the paid servants of the British East India Company in India, who supervised weavers, collected supplies, and examined the quality of cloth?

  1. Sepoys

  2. Koshtis

  3. Jobbers

  4. Gomasthas

  5. Seths
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D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer as gomastha was an Indian agent of the British East India Company and signed bonds, usually compellingly, by local weavers and artisans to deliver goods to the Company. The prices of the goods were fixed by the gomasthas.

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