Many people engaged in manual labour in fields started migrating to the cities to look for other employment opportunities. Which of the following resulted in people from rural areas moving into cities?

Famine

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Mechanisation

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Lack of infrastructure

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Higher education

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Solution

The correct option is B Mechanisation
During recent decades, a lot of technological strides have been made in the agricultural sector. Machines like tractors have replaced manual labour. Due to this, people employed for manual labour in the fields were rendered jobless. These people started migrating to the cities to look for other employment opportunities.

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