Multiple choice

How did India's economy hold back the country's ability to Industrialize?

  1. India didn't have the rich economy required for Industry

  2. It focused on ship building which could not be mass produced

  3. Textile exports were profitable despite being inefficient

  4. Regulation of smog halted new factories from being created
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C Correct answer
Explanation

India's hand-woven textiles were highly profitable and of high quality. Because they were so successful, there was little immediate economic incentive for Indian producers to switch to the expensive, less refined factory-made goods of the early Industrial Revolution.

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