CBSE Class 8 Answered

Industrial revolution had a great impact on the European society. This can be explained as

1. Many peasants and landless labourers came along with their families to industrial cities in search of a livelihood. Men, women and even children were employed in factories.

2. The workers were paid low wages even after working for longer hours.

3. Many people migrated from rural areas to cities. The cities, thus, faced the problem of overpopulation owing to its limited housing and sanitation facilities.

4. Workers often lived in congested, crowded and unhygienic, disease-prone areas.

5. The Industrial Revolution widened the economic gap in the society. While the rich earned profits and became wealthy, the poor became destitute as they were paid extremely low wages.