A) That a part of India's national wealth or total annual product was being exported to Britain for which India got no material returns
B) That the resources of India were being utilized in the interest of Britain
C) That the British industrialists were being given a opportunity to invest in India under the protection of the imperial power
D) That the British goods were being imported to India making the country poorer day by day
Correct Answer: A
Solution :
Dadabhai Naoroji was the first man to say that internal factors were not the reasons of poverty in India but poverty was caused by the colonial rule that was draining the wealth and prosperity of India. In 1867, Dadabhai Naoroji put forward the 'drain of wealth' theory in which he stated that the Britain was completely draining India. He mentioned this theory in his book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India.
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