Question

1. Why did some industrialists in nineteenth-century Europe prefer hand labour over machines?
2. How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from
Indian weavers?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1)Some industrialists in nineteenth-century Europe prefer hand labour over machines because: Machines were costly, ineffective, difficult to repair, and needed huge capital investments.Market demands of variety of designs and colour and specific type could not be fulfilled by machine-made clothes.

2)The English East India Company used different means to procure silk and cotton from the weavers: Appointment of paid supervisors called Gomasthas. They also collected supplies and examined cloth quality of the weavers. Prevention of Company weavers from dealing with other buyers through a system of advances and loans.

Answer 2

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Some industrialists in nineteenth-century Europe prefer hand labour over machines because: Machines were costly, ineffective, difficult to repair, and needed huge capital investments. ... Market demands of variety of designs and colour and specific type could not be fulfilled by machine-made clothes.

2...The English East India Company used different means to procure silk and cotton from the weavers: Appointment of paid supervisors called Gomasthas. They also collected supplies and examined cloth quality of the weavers. Prevention of Company weavers from dealing with other buyers through a system of advances and loans.