Question

Who led the Luddism protest Movement?
(A) Malcolm I
(B) Thomas Moore
(C) General Ned Ludd
(D) Plato

Answer 1

Hint: Edward Ludlam headed the Luddism protest movement. The Luddism Movement was initiated in the country of England. The main purpose of starting this campaign was to oppose the Industrial Revolution.

Complete answer:
The Luddism Movement was started and directed by General Ned Ludd. It is said that he was a hypothetical figure who was supposed to live in Sherwood forests. So there is not much knowledge available on how he contributed to the Luddism Movement. But these people used his name and started the Luddism Protest Movement in the year 1811. They were the group of people who worked in the textile industries of England who were against the advancement of technology in the Industrial area. They started the protest against the company and the workers who used the advanced machineries to obtain their work.
Their main demands were the following:
1. They requested for the reasonable wages to be given to them.
2. They also urged not to ask for much labour from children and women.
3. They want the workers to be back in the industries who lose their jobs because of the introduction of machineries.
So, the correct answer is option C.

Note: The main concern of the Luddilites was this that if the machine will be used for the work then all the time they spent in sharpening their skills would go wasted. The movement took such a wide-spread that a large number of British soldiers were needed to suppress the movement. In the year 1813, the Britishers fired the mass of Luddilites to suspend the movement.