BharatNotes Factory
nounUsage in a UPSC answer
The Factories Act and allied labour codes were intended to civilise industrial work, yet enforcement remains so uneven that a sizeable share of India's manufacturing still occurs in unregistered units where the very protections a factory ought to guarantee are conspicuously absent.
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Word Family
factor (n/v), factorial (adj/n), factoring (v pres.p), manufacture (v/n)
Root
Latin factorium = place of doers/makers; via Portuguese feitoria; from factor = agent, doer (facere = to do)
Etymology
From Latin factorium ("place of doers, makers"), via Portuguese feitoria; the term referred to establishments managed by a "factor" (agent), not to manufacturing plants.
Memory Hook
Linked to the Latin root fac- "to make" (as in manu-FACT-ure, FACT-or): a FACTORY is where things are made.
Seen in UPSC Question Papers
- Prelims 2022 — Medieval India
- Mains 2020 · GS4 · 20 marks — Ethics / Integrity / Aptitude
Real UPSC previous-year questions whose text uses “Factory” — proof this word earns its place on your list.
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