Assertion (A): The share of agriculture in India's workforce stayed high throughout colonial rule.
Reason (R): Modern industry grew too slowly to absorb workers leaving agriculture and the crafts.

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With few factory jobs and crafts in decline, workers stayed on the land.
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Assertion (A): The share of agriculture in India's workforce stayed high throughout colonial rule.Reason (R): Modern industry grew too slowly to absorb workers leaving agriculture and the crafts.

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Assertion (A): The share of agriculture in India's workforce stayed high throughout colonial rule.
Reason (R): Modern industry grew too slowly to absorb workers leaving agriculture and the crafts.