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Weavers were tied to the Company through the system of:
AAdvances
BAuctions
CAlmanacs
DAlliances
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Advances
1. The Company had to stop its weavers selling to other buyers.
2. It did this through the system of advances, lending money for raw material once an order was placed.
3. Those who took the loans had to hand the cloth to the gomastha.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 4 'The Age of Industrialisation'_
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