Question

______ became one of the greatest social problems.

• A. Mass unemployment
• B. Mass underemployment
• C. Mass employment
• D. Unemployment

Answer 1

The correct option is B Mass underemployment

The most prominent social impact of the industrial revolution was mass underemployment. Underemployment is when a person lands in a job which doesn't use his actual skills. The expertise of skilled workers like hand weavers became obsolete owing to the extraordinary efficiency of textile machines. This forced them to opt jobs which they were not familiar with. The challenging working conditions and undue payments worsened their living.