alleryWhich sector led the first phase of British industrialisation up to the 1840s?
ACoal
BCocoa
CCotton
DCopper
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Cotton
1. The most dynamic British industries were cotton and metals.
2. Cotton was the leading sector in the first phase of industrialisation up to the 1840s.
3. After that the iron and steel industry led the way.
_Source: syllabus Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 4 'The Age of Industrialisation'_
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