Home › UP Board Class 10 › socialscience › c10industrialisation › The 'DE-INDUSTRIALISATION of India' under Britis…
The 'DE-INDUSTRIALISATION of India' under British rule refers to:
AIndian factories being shut down by the freedom movement
BThe Indian government banning all industries in 1947
CForeign companies leaving India after independence
DDecline of Indian textiles when Manchester cloth flooded
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Decline of Indian textiles when Manchester cloth flooded
De-industrialisation of India: a thriving pre-1750 Indian textile industry (Dhaka muslin, Surat cotton) was destroyed by British policy. Indian weavers became unemployed. India became a raw-material supplier and an importer of British finished goods.
Related questions
The chapter argues that ADVERTISING in the colonial era was used to:The chapter notes that HANDLOOM weaving in India SURVIVED industrialisation because:India's FIRST COTTON MILL was established in:India's FIRST modern steel mill, founded in 1907, was the achievement of:Factory life in 19th-century England was characterised by all of the following EXCEPT:James WATT is associated with which technology that drove the Industrial Revolution?The PUTTING-OUT system in 18th-century England refers to: