AI-generated practice question — model-generated for extra practice, not a previous-year CBSE board question.
Proto-industrialisation refers to the phase of large-scale industrial production for an international market that existed before factories were established, where merchants employed rural peasants and artisans to produce goods.
Source: Chapter 4, Section 1 – Before the Industrial Revolution
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The examiner expects you to mention two key points: (1) it is pre-factory industrial production, and (2) it was large-scale and meant for an international market. Avoid writing about factories — the whole point is that this system existed before them. One crisp line is enough for 1 mark.