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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] medium exam-ready
Henry Ford doubled the daily wage at his Detroit car plant to $5 in January 1914, yet he later called it the 'best cost-cutting decision' he had ever made. What was the main reason for this?
  1. A It attracted highly skilled workers who improved product quality.
  2. B He repeatedly sped up the production line, forcing workers to work ever harder, recovering the higher wages through increased output.
  3. C The government subsidised the wage increase, so Ford bore no extra cost.
  4. D Higher wages led workers to buy Ford cars, directly raising company revenue.
Generated by claude-sonnet-4-6 · 2026-06-26 14:57 · grounding rag
Model Answer

The correct answer is B.

Ford repeatedly sped up the assembly line, forcing workers to work harder and produce more, thus recovering the higher wages through greatly increased output per worker.

Source: Rise of Mass Production and Consumption, Chapter 3, Section 3.3

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Explanation

The passage directly states: "Henry Ford recovered the high wage by repeatedly speeding up the production line and forcing workers to work ever harder." Options A and D describe real effects but were not the reason Ford called it a cost-cutting decision. Option C is entirely unsupported by the text. Examiners expect you to pick the answer grounded in the source.

Previous-year CBSE Grade 10 board exam questions, organised by subject and chapter, each with a model answer — free to read and print.