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By 1850, cotton piece-goods formed what share of the value of Indian imports?
AOver 91 per cent
BOver 31 per cent
COver 3 per cent
DOver 61 per cent
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Over 31 per cent
1. There had been almost no such import in the 1790s.
2. By 1850 it was over 31 per cent.
3. By the 1870s it was over 50 per cent.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 4, The Age of Industrialisation._
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