Question

ead the extract and answer the questions that follows: 1+2+2=5

The earliest factories in England came up by the 1730s. But it was only in the late eighteenth century

that the number of factories multiplied.

The fi rst symbol of the new era was cotton. Its production boomed in the late nineteenth century.

In 1760 Britain was importing 2.5 million pounds of raw cotton to feed its cotton industry. By 1787

this import soared to 22 million pounds. This increase was linked to a number of changes within the

process of production. Let us look briefl y at some of these.

A series of inventions in the eighteenth century increased the effi cacy of each step of the production

process (carding, twisting and spinning, and rolling). They enhanced the output per worker, enabling

each worker to produce more, and they made possible the production of stronger threads and yarn. Then

Richard Arkwright created the cotton mill. Till this time, as you have seen, cloth production was spread

all over the countryside and carried out within village households. But now, the costly new machines

could be purchased, set up and maintained in the mill. Within the mill all the processes were brought

together under one roof and management. This allowed a more careful supervision over the production

process, a watch over quality, and the regulation of labour, all of which had been diffi cult to do when

production was in the countryside.

(i) When did the number of factories multiply?

(ii) What was the fi rst symbol of the new era?

(iii) How did the production of cotton enhanced?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Late 18th century

2. Cotton

3. It's productions boomed in the late......Production of stringer threads and yarns

Answer 2

Answer:

(1) Late Eighteenth century.

(2) COTTON was the first symbol of the new era.

(3) Production of cotton enhanced by the output per worker.