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Social Science (087) — AI-generated practice question

AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.

Q1. [1] straightforward initial-understanding
Which of the following was the main economic threat faced by artisans and craft workers in European towns during the 1830s and 1840s? (A) Heavy taxation imposed by local guilds (B) Competition from cheap machine-made goods produced in factories (C) Shortage of raw materials due to colonial trade restrictions (D) Rising wages demanded by their apprentices
  1. A They were taxed heavily by Napoleon's administrators.
  2. B They faced stiff competition from cheaper machine-made goods imported from England.
  3. C They were forced to leave towns and work as serfs on large estates.
  4. D They could not find raw materials because of trade restrictions.
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 13:36 · grounding rag
Model Answer

(B) They faced stiff competition from cheaper machine-made goods imported from England.

Small producers in towns were often faced with stiff competition from imports of cheap machine-made goods from England, where industrialisation was more advanced.

Source: Chapter 1, Section 3.2 – Hunger, Hardship and Popular Revolt

Explanation

The passage explicitly states that "small producers in towns were often faced with stiff competition from imports of cheap machine-made goods from England." This is the direct textual evidence. Option B matches this exactly. The other options are either not mentioned or contradicted by the source.

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