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(b) Mention the advantages of usinga machine. |
| Answer» <p>The following are the chief advantages of the use of machinery:</p><p>Use of Natural Forces:</p><p>Machinery has harnessed the forces of nature in the service of man. Man can fly in the air; he can send messages thousands of miles away; he generates electricity from waterfalls. All this he has done with the aid of machinery. For such jobs, the use of machinery is indispensable.</p><p>Heavy and Delicate Work:</p><p>Tasks which are too heavy or too delicate for human muscles to do can be done easily by a machine. A crane can lift loads which man never can. No man can produce silk as fine and delicate as a spider’s web, but a machine can. Without the aid of machinery such jobs would not have been done.</p><p> Faster Work:</p><p>While man can make only a few dozen pins in a day by himself, with the help of machinery he can make thousands. A charkha cannot spin as much yarn in a year as a spinning machine can in one day. We value machinery for the speed with which it works, and in the modern world speed matters the most.</p><p>More Accurate Work:</p><p>No painter can paint exactly the same picture twice. But a machine can turn out thousands of identical articles. Production has thus been standardized. Only machines are capable of mass production.</p><p>Strain on:</p><p>Human Muscles Relieved. The work of the labourer has become much lighter.-He has simply to press a knob, and lo! the machine starts working! Thus machinery has proved an great blessing to the workers.</p><p>Cheap Goods:</p><p>The-use of machinery has resulted in large-scale production and has reduced costs to levels never dreamt of before. Thus cheap goods have been placed in the hands of consumers. A man of ordinary means can now enjoy goods and services which were not available even to a rich man in the past. Consequently the standard of living has risen.</p><p>Mobility of Labour:</p><p> In most industries, the machines used are very similar. A worker, therefore, can easily move from one industry to another. This is helpful in relieving or preventing unemployment as well as finding better jobs.</p><p>More Employment:</p><p>The introduction of machinery has created many new occupations. It has thus widened the scope of employment. In the long run, machinery creates more employment than displacing labour immediately.</p><p>Disagreeable Jobs:</p><p>All dirty jobs can be done by machines. Human beings are thus relieved of all disagreeable and unpleasant jobs. What a great boon machinery is to the under-dog!</p><p>PLEASE HIT THE LIKE BUTTON</p> | |