Civil Services Prep

Prelims MCQ · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle

With reference to the Indian Factory Acts of 1881 and 1891, which one of the following correctly describes a change introduced by the Act of 1891?

  1. The maximum working hours for children were increased from seven to nine hours per day.
  2. The minimum age for child workers was increased from seven to nine years, while their maximum working hours were reduced from nine to seven hours per day.
  3. The regulation of adult male working hours, introduced in 1881, was extended to women in 1891.
  4. British-owned tea and coffee plantations were brought within the protection of the factory laws for the first time.
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