ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

AGES ERA PERIOD

RESTORATION AND 18TH CENTURY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which statement(s) about inventions during the Industrial Revolution are true?
A
Hand labor became less common with the invention of power-driven machinery.
B
Velcro replaced buttons and snaps.
C
Steam, as opposed to wind and water, became a primary source of power.
D
both a and c
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Many new and innovated inventions were created during the Industrial Revolution. These inventions helped further spur the industrial revolution and improved farming, manufacturing, transportation, communication, health, public safety as well as the economy.

Detailed explanation-2: -The telegraph and the telephone Two inventions of the 19th century, the electric telegraph and the electric telephone, made reliable instantaneous communication over great distances possible for the first time.

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.

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