IELTS Reading main_idea Practice
Which heading best summarises paragraph C?
Question type: matching headings · Difficulty: beginner
- A. The impact of urbanisation on social classes
- B. The development of the factory system and mass production
- C. The expansion of global trade and colonialism
- D. Reasons for the decline of the cottage industry
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Paragraph C focuses on the social effects of industrialisation. It discusses how cities grew ('urbanization'), how people moved to them for work, and how this led to the creation of 'a new social class: the industrial working class' and a 'new middle class'.