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In the Kanpur textile mills, the jobbers who recruited workers were known as:

AMistris
BBadlis
CSardars
DMunshis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Mistris
1. They came from the workers' own communities. 2. The jobbers were called mistris. 3. Their importance has declined. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 5, Change and Development in Industrial Society._
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