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The Corn Laws were repealed in Britain in 1846 because:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A.
1. NCERT discusses the Corn Law repeal as a landmark in free trade.
2. Industrialists and urban dwellers forced their repeal — high food prices kept by the Corn Laws meant high wages and reduced industry profits.
3. After abolition, British food imports increased; cheaper imports devastated British agriculture but boosted free-trade ideology.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 3 "The Making of a Global World", §Corn Laws ¶1_
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