The EIC transformed the Indian economy by exporting raw cotton to Britain,
a. encouraging the Indian mercantile economy.
b. expanding agricultural production and decreasing industrial output.
c. extending social security benefits to all castes.
d. taxing merchants on a lower scale than farmers.
e. expanding industrial capacity so that it would be in line with the West.
ANSWER:
b
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