Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

Which one of the following best describes the “economic drain” associated with British rule in India?

  1. A portion of India’s national product was transferred to Britain for political reasons without adequate economic or material returns to India.
  2. Indian capital was invested abroad by indigenous industrialists and returned as profits from overseas enterprises.
  3. Agricultural revenue was redistributed from prosperous provinces to famine-affected regions within India.
  4. British capital entered India without generating any interest, profit or repayment obligations.
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