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What was the 'putting-out' or 'cottage' system in proto-industrial Europe?
AWorkers commuted from countryside to factory daily (typical)
BWorkers boarded inside the factory premises
CMerchants supplied advances to peasants, who produced goods at home
DChildren worked exclusively in mines
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Merchants supplied advances to peasants, who produced goods at home
1. NCERT defines the cottage / putting-out system.
2. Merchants in towns supplied money (advances) to peasant and artisan households in the countryside.
3. The peasants produced cloth — initially yarn and cloth from raw cotton/wool supplied — within their own homes.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Proto-Industrialisation ¶2_
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