Under colonial rule, India's economy was turned mainly into

an exporter of machinery and finished steel to Britain and EuropeCorrect answerYour answera self-sufficient economy closed to tradeCorrect answerYour answera leading centre of modern factory industryCorrect answerYour answera supplier of raw materials and a market for British goodsCorrect answerYour answer

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Raw cotton, jute and indigo went to British factories; their cloth and other goods came back to be sold in India.

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Under colonial rule, India's economy was turned mainly into

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