IGNOU FST CHAPTER 1 Q1

Q) With two examples form the industry, explain the role of science in production process.
Ans) Science has always played a crucial role in production. Generally science thrived whenever a society had organised itself to increase production of goods and create a degree of satisfaction among its members. The growth of science not only increases production but also leads to improvement in the methods of production. And when methods of production evolve and develop to new stage societies transform. For example when agriculture was the main means of production human habitations were scattered over large rural areas with their own lifestyle. But when factory based production became common industrial towns grew up because a large number of people were working in one place with a life very different form a rural life.