Question

Choose the factors that eventually led to the Industrial Revolution.

• A. Machines produced goods at a large scale.
• B. Demand for cloth and other machine-made goods exceeded that of hand-made goods.
• C. Labour-intensive factories could not meet the demand for machine-made goods.
• D. All of the above.

Answer 1

The correct option is D All of the above.

Around the 1750s, machines were producing goods on a scale that was never seen before. Machines helped to bridge the gap between demand and supply. They produced goods on a large scale, leading to the Industrial Revolution in Britain. The demand for cloth and other machine-made goods increased significantly at that time and labour-intensive industries could not meet the demand as it had to employ more labour to meet the demand, leading to a cost inflation.