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Unit 1 Ch 4 : The Age of Industrialisation — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social StudiesUnit 1 Ch 4 : The Age of Industrialisation5 Marks
Question
Explain the main features of proto-industrialisation.
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Answer

Main features of Proto-Industrialisation:
  1. Production was not based on factories.
  2. Large scale home based production for international market.
  3. Merchants moved to countryside and supplied money for artisans to produce for international market.
  4. It provided alternative source of income.
  5. Income from proto-industrial production supplemented their shrinking income from cultivation.
  6. Helped in fuller use of their family labour resources.
  7. Close relationship developed between the towns and countryside.

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