UPSC Prelims · 1980 · GS Paper I · Q29
Why did India industrialise only gradually in the time of Britishers ?
- (A)Capitalists helped to set up new industries
- (B)Many technicians came from different parts of the world to set up new industries
- (C)Britishers seized and handicapped Indian cottage industries
- (D)People were fond of new machine made goods
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Answer: (C) Britishers seized and handicapped Indian cottage industries
- Subject
- History
- Chapter
- British Land Revenue & Economic Impact
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