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Henry Ford's mass-production assembly line at Detroit was inspired by:
ABritish shipyards
BChicago slaughterhouses where carcasses moved on a trolley
CEgyptian pyramid construction
DSteam-engine factories in Birmingham (typical)
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Chicago slaughterhouses where carcasses moved on a trolley
1. NCERT highlights Ford's innovation in production methods.
2. Ford had visited the Chicago slaughterhouses where butchered animals moved on overhead trolleys.
3. He adapted that to a car assembly line — workers performed a single task as the chassis moved on a conveyor.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 3 "The Making of a Global World", §Ford ¶1_
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