modern-history-british20-128
Assertion (A): Colonial economic policies resulted in structural underdevelopment.
Reason (R): India’s resources were systematically extracted without reinvestment.
Select the correct answer.
Solution
Systematic extraction without reinvestment led to structural underdevelopment. Hence R explains A.
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