The Industrial Revolution was a mixed blessing. Explain it.

Industrial Revolution had both positive and negative impact.

Positive impacts:

• There was setting up of industries and factories and new technological advancements occurred.

• The price of produced goods in factories was lesser than handmade products which made it affordable for all.

• Industries employed a large number of people.

Negative impacts:

• Traditional craftsmen and artisans lost their market.

• They also lost their land as huge factories were set up.

• Industrialization led to urbanization and thus resulting in over-crowding of cities.

• Over-crowding of cities led to poor housing and sanitation condition. Thus, the living quality deteriorated.

• Surplus labours in industries led to the decline of income of labourers, worsening their condition.

Thus, we can say, the Industrial Revolution was a mixed blessing.