Repetitive and exhausting work in Industrialisation gives rise to:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Alienation
Option (1) Alienation — Correct. Industrialisation involves a detailed division of labour: people produce only one small part of a product and do not see the end result, and the work is often repetitive and exhausting. Marx called this situation alienation, when people do not enjoy work and see it as something they have to do only in order to survive.
NCERT (2025-26): “5.1 Images of Industrial Society … Industrialisation involves a detailed division of labour. People often do not see the end result of their work because they are producing only one small part of a product. The work is often repetitive and exhausting. Yet, even this is better than having no work at all, i.e., being unemployed. Marx called this situation alienation, when people do not enjoy work, and see it as something they have to do only in order to survive, and even that survival depends on whether the technology has room for any human labour.” |