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The East India Company's paid servant who supervised weavers and examined cloth quality was the:
AZamindar
BHead jobber
CSepoy guard
DGomastha
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Gomastha
1. The Company wanted direct control over weavers.
2. It appointed the gomastha for this.
3. Gomasthas were outsiders who often beat weavers.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 4, The Age of Industrialisation._
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