GK Question

history medium true_false

The construction of railways in India primarily served to transport raw materials to ports for export.

  1. True
  2. False

Answer: True

While railways facilitated internal connectivity, their primary purpose was economic exploitation: transporting cotton, jute, and minerals to ports for export to Britain, and distributing British manufactured goods inland. [[1]]

Topic Colonial Economic History
Exam Relevance UPSC, SSC, Railway