Civil Services Examination · প্রশ্ন 23

Which of the following statements correctly explains the impact of Industrial Revolution on India during the first half of the nineteenth century?

Indian handicrafts were ruined.
Machines were introduced in the Indian textile industry in large numbers.
Railway lines were laid in many parts of the country.
Heavy duties were imposed on the imports of British manufactures.

উত্তর দেখান ও ব্যাখ্যা

উত্তর: (A) Indian handicrafts were ruined.

ব্যাখ্যা

Cheap machine-made British goods flooded India and ruined handicrafts (de-industrialisation). Railways came after 1853, and British imports faced low, not heavy, duties.