Who forced the abolition of the Corn Laws?
ASoldiers and colonial officers
BIndustrialists and urban dwellers
CLandlords and country squires
DBankers and shipping owners
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Industrialists and urban dwellers
1. High food prices hurt those who bought food rather than grew it.
2. Industrialists and urban dwellers, unhappy with high food prices, forced the abolition of the Corn Laws.
3. So the correct answer is industrialists and urban dwellers.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 3 'The Making of a Global World'_
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