Besides the policy-measures of the British the one cause which resulted in the economic exploitation of India by the British in the 19th Century was :
Industrialization of Britain by modern means.
Correct AnswerDeterioration in the quality of Indian products.
Incorrect AnswerAbsence of quality raw-material in India.
Incorrect AnswerLack of capital in India.
Incorrect AnswerExplanation:
Economic impact of British imperialism. Contemporary historian Rajat Kanta Roy argues the economy established by the British in the 18th century was a form of plunder and a catastrophe for the traditional economy of Mughal India, depleting food and money stocks and imposing high taxes that helped cause the famine of 1770, which killed one-third of the people of Bengal.
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By: Sandeep Dubey