Q. Economically one of the results of the British rule in India in the 19th century was the

• increase in the export of Indian handicrafts
• growth in the number of Indian owned factories
• commercialization of Indian agriculture
• rapid increase in the urban population

Answer: (c) commercialization of Indian agriculture

Notes:

• Economically, one of the results of British rule in India in the 19th century was the growth of commercial crops and the raw materials for the industries in Britain. 
• Different kinds of commercial crops such as tea, coffee, indigo, opium, cotton, jute, sugarcane, and oilseeds were introduced with different intentions.
• Colonial rule negatively affected Indian industries and handicrafts.
• The import of a large amount of products manufactured by mechanical looms in England led to an increasing threat for the handicraft industries as the British goods were sold at a much cheaper price.
• There was no rapid increase in the urban population.