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Find out the correct statement

Assertion (A): Workers had rights to get holidays.


Reason (R): There were laws to protect the workers.


With no legislation to monitor the service conditions workers had few rights. Working conditions were harsh with no weekly holidays or leave for sickness. With low wages the entire family had to work in factories.

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4 A

Find out the correct statement

i) British mine–owners were faced with the problem of water seeping into their mines


ii) Employing human labour was cheap for this work


iii) Newton invented a steam engine to pump water out of mines


iv) Water had to be removed to get coal in mines


 4

Find out the correct statement

i) Trade Unions were formed by labourers to get their rights


ii) Germany’s political setup was the most significant challenge for the industrial revolution


iii) To protect capitalists Karl Marx advocated socialism


iv) There were no natural resources in Germany


 4 D

Find out the correct statement

Assertion (A): Slater was called the Father of the American Industrial Revolution.


Reason (R): His spinning textile mill was duplicated and his techniques became popular.


 5 A

Answer all the questions given under each caption

Labour Movement


(a) Which Act prohibited the formation of associations of workers?


(b) Name the Bill which granted voting rights to the propertied middle class?


(c) When were the Combination Laws repealed?


(d) What were the demands of the Chartists?