NCERT for Important Questions Class 10 Social Science Chapter 1
Important NCERT Extra Questions
Chapter 1 The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
NCERT Book Extra Questions for Session 2022-2023
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How did the industrialisation in Britain affect the export of Indian cotton and textiles? What was then exported from India?
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(a) The industrialisation in Britain affected the cotton and cotton textiles in the following ways:
(i) The industrialisation expanded cotton manufacture in Britain. The government imposed tariffs on cotton imports to Britain in order to protect local industries. This resulted in decline of import of Indian cotton into Britain.
(ii) The share of exports of cotton textiles declined from 30 per cent around 1800 to 3 per cent by the 1870s due to stiff competition in the international markets.
(b) With the decline in the exports of manufactures the following products were exported:
(i) Between 1812 and 1871, the share of raw cotton exports rose from 5 per cent to 35 per cent.
(ii) Indigo was exported for dying cloth.
(iii) From 1820s British grew opium in India and exported it to China and with the money earned through this sale, it financed its tea and other imports from China.
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