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The first modern industries in India were cotton, jute, railways and:

ACar factories
BCoal mines
CSteel plants
DOil refineries
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Coal mines
1. They grew in the colonial period. 2. Coal mines were among the first. 3. Government later took the commanding heights. _Source: syllabus Social Change and Development in India, Chapter 5, Change and Development in Industrial Society._
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