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The Corn Laws allowed the British government to:
ARestrict the import of corn
BFix the wages of farm hands
CSeize the land of the gentry
DBan the export of raw wool
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Restrict the import of corn
1. Landed groups pressed the government to keep food grain prices high.
2. The government restricted the import of corn, under laws commonly known as the Corn Laws.
3. So the correct answer is that they restricted the import of corn.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 3 'The Making of a Global World'_
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