Answer:
(i)
Amongst weavers some produced coarse cloth while others wove finer varieties.
(ii) The coarser cloth was bought by the
poor and its demand fluctuated violently.
(iii) In times of bad harvests and famines,
when the rural poor had little to eat and their cash income disappeared, they
could not possibly buy cloth.
(iv) The demand for finer varieties bought
by the well-to do was more stable. The rich could buy these even when the poor
starved.
(v) Famines did not affect the sale of Banarasi
or Baluchari saris, since mills could not imitate specialized weaver.
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