Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Structural Change

Question:
"Assertion : British industrialisation led to deindustrialisation in some sectors.
Reason : As manufacturing boomed in Britain, traditional exports of cotton and silk manufactures from India declined in the face of Manchester competition."
Options:
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
A is true R is false
A is false R is true
Correct Answer:
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
Explanation:
In India the impact of the very same British industrialisation led to deindustrialisation in some sectors and decline of old urban centres. Just as manufacturing boomed in Britain, traditional exports of cotton and silk manufactures from India declined in the face of Manchester competition. This period also saw the further decline of cities such as Surat and Masulipatnam while Bombay and Madras grew.