Question

read this passage:
fog everywhere. fog up the river... fog down the river,
where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping, and the
waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city... fog lying
out on the yards, and hovering in the rigging of great ships;
fog dropping on the gunwales of barges and small boats.
fog in the eyes and throats of ancient greenwich
pensioners, wheezing by the firesides.... chance people
on the bridges peeping over the parapets into a nether sky
of fog, with fog all round them, as if they were up in a
balloon and hanging in the misty clouds.¹
—charles dickens, bleak house
which effect of the industrial revolution does the passage describe?
a. emigration
b. pollution
c. urbanization
d. industrialization

Explanation:

The passage mentions "waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city" and describes fog in various places which is often associated with pollution from industrial activities.

Answer:

B. Pollution