ECONOMICS (CBSE/UGC NET)

ECONOMICS

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Industrial Revolution
A
was geographically dispersed
B
was a transformation that was solely industrial
C
is a term commonly used to define a process that began in Eastern Europe
D
was a gradual diffusion of new ideas and techniques
E
first developed in the United States
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution (IR) harbors added more locations for factories. enclosure movement, increased agricultural productivity. no longer needed for labor. These workers moved to towns and cities causing an explosion in urban populations.

Detailed explanation-2: -THE SPREAD OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION British entrepreneurs and government officials forbade the export of machinery, manufacturing techniques, and skilled workers to other countries but the technologies spread by luring British experts with lucrative offers, and even smuggling secrets into other countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Among the most important inventions of the first Industrial Revolution include the steam engine, the spinning jenny, cotton gin, and the telegraph. This was followed by the second Industrial Revolution, which saw the advent of the internal combustion engine, controlled electricity, and the lightbulb.

Detailed explanation-4: -Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. These technological changes introduced novel ways of working and living and fundamentally transformed society.

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