Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Sociology

Chapter

Social Change and Development in India: Change and Development in industrial Society

Question:
What is the danger of using machinery in the process of commodity production?
Options:
The use of machines in the process of production will ultimately replace labour with machines.
The use of machines ultimately increases the cost of production.
The use of machinery in the process of production increases the chances of industrial accidents.
The use of machinery in the process of production decreases the speed of production.
Correct Answer:
The use of machines in the process of production will ultimately replace labour with machines.
Explanation:
Machinery helps to increase production, but it also creates the danger that eventually machines will replace workers. Both Marx and Mahatma Gandhi saw mechanisation as a danger to employees.