Assertion (A): Over the nineteenth century, British manufacturers flooded the Indian market.

Reason (R): The value of Indian exports to Britain was much higher than the value of British imports to India.

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Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

(A) is true but (R) is false.

(A) is false but (R) is true.

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(A) is true but (R) is false.
During the 19th century, British manufacturers flooded the Indian market. It was because the British exports' value to India was more than the British imports' value from India.
India has been one of the significant exchanging nations, selling essential things like cotton, wild silk, sugar, fleece, jute, indigo, etc. Besides, it is a merchant of completed customer products like woollen garments, cotton, silk, and capital merchandise like light hardware fabricated in Britain. Therefore, Britain held a restraining infrastructure over India's imports and developments during this period.

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