Question 2 - Assertion Reasoning - Chapter 4 Class 10 History - The Age of Industrialization - History

Assertion (A): There was a lot of opposition to the introduction of Spinning Jenny in the cotton industry.

Reason (R): The invention of machines threatened the employment of many women.

Answer:

  So, the correct answer is ‘a’

Explanation : 

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• Spinning Jenny was introduced in the wollen industry. 
• When the spinning jenny was introduced, women who survived on hand spinning began attacking the new machines as the spinning jenny reduced the demand for labour. This caused a valid fear of unemployment among women working in the woollen industry.

Let’s check

Assertion: There was a lot of opposition to the introduction of Spinning Jenny in the cotton industry which is true.

Reason: The invention of machines threatened the employment of many women is true .

• Is assertion the correct explanation for reasoning - 

So, 

• Assertion is true
• Reasoning is true
• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true and reason (R) is the correct explanation of assertion  (A). 

Thus, the correct answer is (a)

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