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GK QUESTION#2654

The working-hour restrictions in the Indian Factories Act, 1881 applied to which group?

  1. Asafety laws for industrial machinery
  2. Bemployment of adult men at night
  3. Cfixing of minimum daily wages
  4. DChildrenCorrect answer
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D. Children

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The 1881 Act limited the hours of children employed in factories. Its other provisions included a minimum employment age of seven, fencing dangerous machinery, and inspection. The contemporary parliamentary account explicitly states that the hour limits applied to children only.

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