CDS 2024 · PYQ · World History / Industrial Revolution · medium
Which of the following statements regarding the Industrial Revolution is/are correct? 1. It was change of a society from a rural and agricultural lifestyle to one in which most people earned their living in the industrial or secondary sector of the economy. 2. The first Industrial Revolution began in Germany in the early eighteenth century. 3. During Industrial Revolution, technological advances in iron smelting, and later steel production, were accompanied by the invention of steam engine.
A.1 only
B.2 and 3 only
C.1 and 3 only✓ Correct
D.1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Statement 1 is correct: the Industrial Revolution transformed society from rural-agricultural to one dominated by industry/secondary sector employment. Statement 2 is wrong: the first Industrial Revolution began in Britain (not Germany) in the second half of the eighteenth century. Statement 3 is correct: technological advances in iron smelting (e.g., coke-based smelting) and later steel production were accompanied by the invention/improvement of the steam engine (Newcomen, Watt). So only 1 and 3 are correct.
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