(a) Indian handicrafts were ruined.
(b) Machines were introduced in the Indian textile industry in large numbers.
(c) Railway lines were laid in many parts of the country.
(d) Heavy duties were imposed on the imports of British manufactures.
- Answer: (a)
India was a major exporter for textiles in the early 18th century, but by the middle of the 19th century it had lost all of its export market and much of its domestic market. At the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, cotton industries were developed in England which made industrial groups worry about imports from other countries. The government was pressured to impose import duties on cotton textiles so that Manchester goods could sell in Britain without facing any competition from outside.
Option (a) is correct: At the same time, the East India Company was also persuaded by industrialists to sell British manufactures in Indian markets as well. Exports of British cotton goods increased dramatically in the early nineteenth century and the export market of the cotton weavers collapsed. Produced by machines at lower costs, the imported cotton goods were so cheap that weavers could not easily compete with them. By the 1850s, reports from most weaving regions of India narrated stories of decline and desolation. Thus, Indian handicrafts were ruined as one of the impacts of the Industrial Revolution
- O. Elimination Technique o Due to the industrial Revolution Indian handicrafts were ruined and not the other way around. Machines were introduced in the later time. Railway line was for the support of industrialisation in Britain.
