Assertion (A): Some areas saw higher yields of cash crops under colonial rule.
Reason (R): The commercialisation of agriculture made Indian farmers prosperous.

Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.Correct answerYour answerBoth A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.Correct answerYour answerA is true, but R is false.Correct answerYour answerA is false, but R is true.Correct answerYour answer

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Correct answer: C

Cash-crop yields did rise in places, so A is true.
The produce fed British industries; the farmers stayed poor and often indebted, so R is false.

Concept: Commercialisation of agriculture
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Assertion (A): Some areas saw higher yields of cash crops under colonial rule.Reason (R): The commercialisation of agriculture made Indian farmers prosperous.

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Assertion (A): Some areas saw higher yields of cash crops under colonial rule.
Reason (R): The commercialisation of agriculture made Indian farmers prosperous.