3 UPSC previous-year questions in World History, with answers and concise explanations, grouped by topic.
Read the World History notesWhich of the following statements correctly explains the impact of the Industrial Revolution on India during the first half of the nineteenth century?
Why
The flood of cheap machine-made British textiles destroyed traditional Indian handicraft industries, especially handloom weaving, in the first half of the 19th century.
There was no independent development of industries in India during British rule because of the:
Why
The absence of a heavy industrial base, iron, steel and machinery, meant that Indian industry could not develop independently because it lacked the foundational infrastructure for industrialisation.
The term "imperial preference" was applied to the:
Why
"Imperial preference" referred to the preferential tariff treatment granted to British goods in Indian markets, allowing them to undercut local produce and entrench British commercial dominance.