Multiple choice

The MOST significant impact of the British control of the Indian economy was

  1. an increased use of coercion and force to maintain power

  2. English East India Company’s loss over textile industry

  3. exportation of profits to London, rather than an Indian city

  4. switch to commodity crops, rather than subsistence products
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The drain of wealth, where profits generated in India were systematically transferred to Britain to fund their industrialization and administration, was the most significant economic impact of colonial rule.

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