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The staple commodities of export by the English East India Company from Bengal in the middle of the 18th century were:
(a)Raw cotton, oil-seeds and opium
(b)Sugar, salt, zinc and lead
(c)Copper, silver, gold, spices and tea
(d)Cotton, silk, saltpetre and opium

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