Match the Industrial Outcomes given in List I with their Characteristics given below in List II
| LIST-I (Industrial Outcomes) | LIST-II (Characteristics) | ||
| A. | Engineers using a software for draughting | I. | Occupational hazard |
| B. | Trade Union | II. | De-skilling of workers |
| C. | Silicosis in miners | III. | Knowledge economy |
| D. | Growth of IT sector | IV. | Bargaining power of workers |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → A-II, B-IV, C-I, D-III
(A) Engineers using a software for draughting — this matches (II) De-skilling of workers. Harry Braverman argues that machinery actually deskills workers: architects and engineers once had to be skilled draughtsmen, but now the computer does much of that work for them.
(B) Trade Union — this matches (IV) Bargaining power of workers. A single worker can do little against an employer; workers who unite in a union and can go on strike bargain together for better wages and conditions.
(C) Silicosis in miners — this matches (I) Occupational hazard. Workers in underground mines face flooding, fire and gas, and many develop breathing problems and diseases like tuberculosis and silicosis, a danger that comes with the job itself.
(D) Growth of IT sector — this matches (III) Knowledge economy. We often hear the phrase ‘knowledge economy’ used to describe the growth of the IT sector in India.
NCERT (2025-26): “5.4 How is work carried out? … One important debate in sociology is whether industrialisation and the shift to services and knowledge-based work, like IT, leads to greater skills in society. We often hear the phrase ‘knowledge economy’ to describe the growth of IT sector in India. But how do you compare the skills of a farmer who knows how to grow many hundreds of crops relying on his or her understanding of the weather, the soil and the seeds, with the knowledge of a software professional? Both are skilled but in different ways. The famous sociologist, Harry Braverman, argues that the use of machinery actually deskills workers. For example, whereas earlier architects and engineers had to be skilled draughtsmen, now the computer does a lot of the work for them.…” “5.5 Working conditions … Workers in underground mines face very dangerous conditions, due to flooding, fire, the collapse of roofs and sides, the emission of gases and ventilation failures. Many workers develop breathing problems and diseases like tuberculosis and silicosis.…” |