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Write True or False against the statement: The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their productivity.
Write True or False against the statement: The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their productivity.
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The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their productivity.
Answer: True
- Fly shuttle helped in reducing the demand for labour, faster production and overall productivity of the worker.
- For weavers, it was possible to weave wide pieces of clothes and operate large looms with the invention of the fly shuttle.
- Weavers were using looms with a fly shuttle from the second decade of the twentieth century.
- In India, over 35 percent of handlooms were fitted with fly shuttles by 1931.
- However the proportion of handlooms fitted with fly shuttles was as high as 70% to 80% in regions such as Bengal, Cochin, Mysore, Madras, Travancore.
- Fly shuttle was not the only invention, but there were other small inventions which helped in increasing the productivity of the workers.
The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their productivity.
Answer: True
- Fly shuttle helped in reducing the demand for labour, faster production and overall productivity of the worker.
- For weavers, it was possible to weave wide pieces of clothes and operate large looms with the invention of the fly shuttle.
- Weavers were using looms with a fly shuttle from the second decade of the twentieth century.
- In India, over 35 percent of handlooms were fitted with fly shuttles by 1931.
- However the proportion of handlooms fitted with fly shuttles was as high as 70% to 80% in regions such as Bengal, Cochin, Mysore, Madras, Travancore.
- Fly shuttle was not the only invention, but there were other small inventions which helped in increasing the productivity of the workers.
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