ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Before the Industrial Revolution, textiles were made by hand in the “cottage industry”, where materials would be brought to homes and picked up when the textiles were finished. This allowed for workers to decide their own schedules and was largely unproductive.

Detailed explanation-2: -Silk, wool, and linen fabrics were being eclipsed by cotton which became the most important textile. Innovations in carding and spinning enabled by advances in cast iron technology resulted in the creation of larger spinning mules and water frames. The machinery was housed in water-powered mills on streams.

Detailed explanation-3: -Before the Industrial Revolution, textiles were produced under the putting-out system, in which merchant clothiers had their work done in the homes of artisans or farming families.

Detailed explanation-4: -Textile manufacturing played a major role in the industrial revolution. The production and increase of cloth climbed quickly because it changed from handlooms to factories and machines, which allowed for more time to be spent on other things, so output increased rapidly.