Question

1. Which were the three definitive factors that caused the decline of the Indian textile industry?​

Answer 1

Low price of machine - made textiles. Expansion of railways. Imported textiles could reach the villages. Traditional weavers lost their village markets. Due to high export tax, textiles exported to Britain lost its market.

Answer 2

Answer:

1 Answer

(i) Britain imposed import duties on cotton textiles, thus export market got declined.

(ii) Exports of British goods to India increased. ...

(iii) The machine-made goods were cheaper and weavers could not compete with them.

(iv) Raw cotton exports from India to Britain shot up the prices of cotton.