2014 · Q79
Consider the following statements about colonial economy of Vietnam (Indo-China):
- 1The colonial economy in Vietnam was primarily based on rice cultivation and rubber plantations.
- 2All the rubber plantations in Vietnam were owned and controlled by a small Vietnamese elite.
- 3Indentured Vietnamese labour was widely used in the rubber plantations.
- 4Indentured labourers worked on the basis of contracts that did not specify any rights of labourers but gave immense power to the employers.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
General KnowledgeWorld History
- A1, 3 and 4
- B1 and 4 only
- C2 and 3
- D1 only
Explanation
Vietnam's colonial economy rested on rice and rubber with indentured labour under harsh contracts; plantations were French-owned.