GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -They destroyed Indian cottage industries in order to sell goods manufactured in England. They exempted all goods imported from England from duties. In this way, their business flourished while the Indian industries died. The British made the Indians weak as well as the poor.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian handicrafts that had made the country famous collapsed under the colonial rule. This was mainly due to the competition posed by the machine-made goods that were imported from Britain by the British rulers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Competing with machine-made products The technological revolution that accelerated during the nineteenth century in the aftermath of the industrial revolution expedited the collapse of traditional handicrafts. Cotton is synonymous with the industrial revolution in England.

Detailed explanation-4: -Through railways the machine products of Britain found it much easier to enter into the rural India. In other words, the machine products of England replaced the Indian handcrafts in the village market. As a result the artisans and the craftsman who adopted caste-based occupation were compelled to give upon the same.