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Recruitment to Mumbai textile and Kolkata jute mills continued to be organised along lines of:

ARegion of birth
BCaste and kinship
CMerit and skill
DAge and height
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Caste and kinship
1. Middlemen recruited from their own caste and region. 2. Caste and kinship shaped factory recruitment. 3. Shop floors were often dominated by one caste. _Source: syllabus Indian Society, Chapter 3, Social Institutions: Continuity and Change._
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