Question

The passage suggests that combing and carding differ from weaving in that combing and carding were

• A. low-skill jobs performed primarily by women employees
• B. low-skill jobs that were not performed in the home
• C. low-skill jobs performed by both male and female employees
• D. high-skill jobs performed outside the home
• E. high-skill jobs performed by both male and female employees

Answer 1

The correct option is B low-skill jobs that were not performed in the home

It is given that; women were preferred for jobs that they could easily do at home. Weaving was one such. Combing and carding was predominantly a male bastion. Hence it can be implied that they were not performed in house. Hence option (b) is the answer.