CBSE 2025, Set 2

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Read the following statements carefully:

Statement 1: The British policies led to huge employment generation in the secondary and tertiary sectors of the Indian Economy.
Statement 2: The real motive of the colonial government's infrastructural development was to benefit interests of India.

In the light of the given statements, choose the correct alternative from the following: A). Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false. B). Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true. C). Both Statements 1 and 2 are true. D). Both Statements 1 and 2 are false.

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The correct answer is Both Statements 1 and 2 are false.. (D) Both Statements 1 and 2 are false. **Explanation:** British policies led to the *deindustrialisation* of India, resulting in mass unemployment in the secondary sector, not generation. The motive of infrastructural development (railways, ports) was strictly self-serving to mobilize their army and siphon raw materials, not to benefit India.

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