WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the maximum number of hours allowed for women and children after 1847?
A
8
B
9
C
10
D
11
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The adolescent must have an interval for rest for at least one hour after working for three hours. The total time spent working by an adolescent cannot exceed 6 hours in a day, including the time spent in waiting for work. Adolescents cannot be employed during the hours of 7 PM to 8 AM.

Detailed explanation-2: -In Britain it was not until 1847 that an effective limit of 10 hours per day was placed upon the factory employment of women and children.

Detailed explanation-3: -(4) No child shall be required or allowed to work in any factory on any day on which he has already been working in another factory. [(5) No female child shall be required or allowed to work in any factory except between 8 A.M. and 7 P.M.].

Detailed explanation-4: -Karnataka: Overtime in industries set to go up from 50 hours to 125 per quarter. BENGALURU: Karnataka, in its draft industrial policy 2020-25, has proposed to increase overtime (OT) working hours in industrial units to 125 per quarter from the existing 50 hours prescribed under the Factories Act, 1948.

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