Write True or False against each statement: (a) At the end of the nineteenth century, 80 per cent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector.(b) The international market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.(c) The American Civil War resulted in the reduction of cotton exports from India.(d) The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their productivity.

(a) False

(b) True

(c) False

(d) True

Proto-industrialisation is the phase of industrialisation that was

not based on the factory system. Before the coming of factories,

there was large-scale industrial production for an international

market. This part of industrial history is known as proto-industrialisation.