alleryFord adapted the assembly line from:
AA Dallas cotton warehouse
BA Chicago slaughterhouse
CA Boston printing press
DA Detroit steel foundry
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. A Chicago slaughterhouse
1. The assembly line was borrowed rather than invented in the car trade.
2. Ford adapted the assembly line of a Chicago slaughterhouse, where animals were picked apart on a conveyor belt.
3. He put the same idea to work in his car plant at Detroit.
_Source: syllabus Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 3 'The Making of a Global World'_
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