Question

1.
Whom did the British policies ruin as discussed in the text Glimpses of the Past?
b) The aristocratic families
a) Expert artisans and their families
c) Lawyers and their families
d) Merchants and their families​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Expert artisans and their families

Explanation:

The British imposed high duty tax on Indian goods and nominal duty tax on British goods hence the costly Indian handmade goods were no match to the cheap machine made British goods. This ruined the Indian handicraft industries.

Also the British conquered territories of the Indian rulers and land of the Zamindars due to which the artisans lost their patent buyers( rulers and zamindars).

The aristocratic families lost their power but the artisans lost their source of income and hence they suffered the most