Choose the incorrect statement for the impact of British industrialisation on Indian Society:

It let to more people moving into urban areas in India

The correct answer is Option (4) - It let to more people moving into urban areas in India.

In India the impact of the British industrialisation led to deindustrialisation in some sectors (A) and decline of old urban centres (B). 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. When the British took over Indian states, towns like Thanjavur, Dhaka, and Murhidabad lost their courts and, therefore, some of their artisans and court gentry. From the end of the 19th century, with the installation of mechanised factory industries, some towns became much more heavily populated.

Unlike Britain where the impact of industrialisation led to more people moving into urban areas, in India the initial impact of the same British industrialisation led to more people moving into agriculture (C is incorrect).

British industrialisation also resulted in growth of new social groups in society and new social relationships. (D)