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Assertion (A): British policies led to deindustrialisation in India.
Reason (R): Indian industries could not compete with machine-made British goods.
Select the correct answer.
Solution
British goods outcompeted Indian handicrafts, leading to deindustrialisation. Hence both are true and R explains A.
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