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HISTORY - The Age of Industrialisation

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Q. 1
What movement gathered momentum in the first decade of the twentieth century in India?
A
Independence movement
B
Industrialisation movement
C
Swadeshi movement
D
Cotton movement
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Q. 2
What did nationalists mobilise people to boycott during the swadeshi movement?
A
Foreign goods
B
Local products
C
Agricultural tools
D
Industrial machinery
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Q. 3
What did industrial groups in India organise themselves to protect during the swadeshi movement?
A
Agricultural lands
B
Collective interests
C
Foreign investments
D
Educational institutions
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Q. 4
What did industrialists in India pressurise the government to increase during the swadeshi movement?
A
Tax rates
B
Export quotas
C
Tariff protection
D
Agricultural subsidies
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Q. 5
Why did Indian industrialists shift from yarn to cloth production from 1906?
A
Decline in yarn demand
B
Rise in yarn prices
C
Decline in cloth demand
D
Rise in cloth prices
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Q. 6
What happened to cotton piece goods production in India between 1900 and 1912?
A
Decreased
B
Remained the same
C
Tripled
D
Doubled
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Q. 7
What created a dramatically new situation for Indian mills during the First World War?
A
Increase in foreign imports
B
Decline in home market
C
British mills focusing on war production
D
Decrease in Indian population
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Q. 8
What declined during the First World War, creating a vast home market for Indian mills?
A
Agricultural production
B
Foreign imports
C
Tariff protection
D
Industrialisation
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Q. 9
What items were Indian factories called upon to supply during the war?
A
Agricultural tools
B
Educational materials
C
War needs like jute bags, army uniforms, tents, etc.
D
Luxury goods
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Q. 10
What happened to industrial production over the war years?
A
It declined
B
It boomed
C
It remained the same
D
It stagnated
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Q. 11
Which task was NOT undertaken by Gomasthas?
A
To supervise weavers
B
Collect supplies
C
Examine the quality of the clothes.
D
To provide loans to weavers to expand their business.
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Q. 12
What was the primary challenge faced by the Company in India at the beginning?
A
All of the above.
B
Irregular supplies of cotton and silk.
C
High cost of raw material.
D
Competition with other European countries
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Q. 13
Find out the incorrect statement about the Indian weavers :
A
Before colonial weavers, governments were having enough to sustain their family.
B
Gomasthas made their life easy by providing loans on easy conditions.
C
Once weavers took loans they were in debt trap.
D
To repay loans they started work involving their family members.
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Q. 14
Find out the correct statement from the following
A
After the arrival of Britishers Bombay and Calcutta lost their glory
B
Gomasthas played an important role in establishing the trade monopoly of the East India Company.
C
To live a luxurious life weavers started to work hard with family members.
D
Gomasthas were paid servants to supervise weavers, collect supplies and examine the quality of cloth business.
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Q. 15
Why did weavers eagerly take advances during the period mentioned in the passage?
A
To invest in agriculture
B
To cover family needs
C
To purchase new equipment
D
To travel to new villages
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Q. 16
What did many weavers have besides their weaving occupation?
A
Large plots of land
B
Businesses in other industries
C
Small plots of land
D
No other sources of income
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Q. 17
What did weaving require according to the passage?
A
Only adult male labor
B
Only women's labor
C
Only children's labor
D
Entire family's labor
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Q. 18
What were the gomasthas accused of in the weaving villages?
A
Providing support and help
B
Living within the villages
C
Having close relationships with weavers
D
Acting arrogantly and punishing weavers
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Q. 19
What tied the weavers to the company according to the passage?
A
Higher prices
B
Miserably low prices
C
Flexible loan terms
D
Independent selling options
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Q. 20
The steam engine produced by Newcomen was improved by:
A
Dinshaw Petit
B
Richard Arkwright
C
James Watt
D
Mathew Boulton
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Q. 21
The paid servants of the East India Company was
A
Gomastha
B
Seth
C
Mamlatdar
D
Lambardar
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Q. 22
Which were the non mechanical sectors that were coming up?
A
building, pottery
B
Food processing
C
food processing, building, pottery, glass work, tanning, furniture making
D
hand made goods such as embroidery
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Q. 23
The cotton mill in England was created by :
A
Henry Patullo
B
Seth Hukumchand
C
James Watt
D
Richard Arkwright
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Q. 24
Which among these was a pre colonial sea port?
A
Cochin
B
Chennai
C
Vishakhapatnam
D
Hoogly
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Q. 25
This became a vehicle of the nationalist message of swadeshi :
A
Advertisements
B
Steam engine
C
Spinning Jenny
D
Textile mills
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Q. 26
Which Indian entrepreneur set up six joint stock companies in India in 1830?
A
Seth Hukum Chand
B
Jamshedjee Tata
C
Dwarka Nath Tagore
D
Dinshaw petit
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Q. 27
When did the earliest factories come up in England?
A
In 1730s
B
In 1720s
C
In 1750s
D
In 1740s
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Q. 28
18th Century India witnessed the decline of which port town?
A
Madras
B
Calcutta
C
Surat
D
Bombay
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Q. 29
The most dynamic industries in Britain were said to be of
A
Cotton
B
Metal
C
Coal
D
Cotton and Metal
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Q. 30
18th Century India witnessed the decline of which port town?
A
Madras
B
Calcutta
C
Bombay
D
Surat
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Q. 31
The Spinning Jenny was devised by :
A
James Watt
B
Newcomen
C
Richard Arkwright
D
James Hargreaves
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Q. 32
Which of the following were main pre-colonial ports of India?
A
Surat, Bombay, Tuticorin
B
Surat, Hoogly, Masulipatam
C
Surat, Hoogly, Madras
D
Surat, Hoogly, Calcutta
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Q. 33
The expansion of railways boosted which of the following industries?
A
Cotton and Metal
B
Iron and steel
C
Mining
D
Wooden
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Q. 34
What was the fly shuttle used for-
A
Washing
B
Drying
C
Weaving
D
Sowing
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Q. 35
Who introduced the cotton mill?
A
James Watt
B
Mathew Boulton
C
Henry Patullo
D
Richard Arkwright
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Q. 36
What was the fly shuttle used for-
A
Weaving
B
Washing
C
Drying
D
Sowing
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Q. 37
This city on the Gujarat coast connected India to the Gulf and Red Sea ports :
A
Porbandar
B
Surat
C
Bhavnagar
D
Dwarka
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Q. 38
In India, the first cotton mill was set up in-
A
Bombay
B
Madras
C
Kanpur
D
Surat
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Q. 39
The paid servants of the East India Company was:
A
Seth
B
Lambardar
C
Gomastha
D
Mamlatdar
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Q. 40
Why were handmade goods popular in England?
A
cheaper rates
B
fast production
C
demand in the market was often for goods with intricate designs and specific shapes specially by the aristocrats and the bourgeoisie class
D
made at order was easier
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Q. 41
In the late 18th century which country did the upcoming indian Businessman gain maximum profit from?
A
England.
B
Burma
C
China
D
Ceylon
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Q. 42
It is the first industrial city in England-
A
Manchester
B
Oxford
C
London
D
Wales
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Q. 43
Dwarkanath Tagore was a______
A
Industrialist
B
Painter
C
Social Reformer
D
Philosopher
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Q. 44
In 1911, 67% of the large industries were located in which of the following places in India :
A
Patna and Lucknow
B
Delhi and Bombay
C
Surat and Ahmedabad
D
Bengal and Bombay
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Q. 45
When was the telephone invented?
A
1776
B
1876
C
1976
D
1885
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Q. 46
Which part of the world is represented by Aladdin?
A
West
B
Orient
C
North
D
South
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Q. 47
Which of the following industries increased withthe expansion of railways in England from 1840sto 1860s?
A
Iron and Steel
B
Jute and Cotton
C
Aluminium and Bauxite
D
Copper and Steel
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Q. 48
Elgin mill was set up at
A
Madras
B
Calicut
C
Kanpur
D
Luknow
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Q. 49
What was the fly shuttle used for-
A
Washing
B
Sowing
C
Weaving
D
Drying
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Q. 50
The machine age in India started in-
A
1950
B
1900
C
1890
D
1850
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Q. 51
What did the Indian merchants export to Britain after the colonial control over Indian trade tightened ?
A
rice
B
jute
C
handicrafts
D
raw cotton, opium, wheat and indigo
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Q. 52
Railways’ expansion began in England in
A
1850s
B
1840s
C
1820s
D
1860s
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Q. 53
Who improved the steam engine produced by Newcomen and patented the new engine in 1781?
A
James Watt
B
Mathew Boulton
C
Richard Arkwright
D
Henry Patullo
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Q. 54
Which business man set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in 1917?
A
Dinshaw Petit
B
Dwarkanath Tagore
C
Seth Hukum chand
D
G.D. Birla
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Q. 55
Production processes involving carding, twisting,rolling and stapling are associated with :
A
Railway Industry
B
Shipping Industry
C
Textile Industry
D
None of the above
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Q. 56
What happened when the cotton industries developed in England in the 1850s onward?
A
Manchester goods had to be sold in Britain, these goods were to be exported to India as well, import from India declined.
B
English goods were not being sold in England due to quality problems
C
Demand for Indian textiles was more than Manchester goods
D
cotton industry was flooded in England, giving way to cheap products
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Q. 57
Where was the first jute mill established?
A
Bombay
B
Delhi
C
Surat
D
Culcutta
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Q. 58
When was the first cotton mill set up in India -
A
1864
B
1854
C
1824
D
1814
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Q. 59
This town on the Coromandel Coast had trade links with Southeast Asian ports:
A
Persia
B
Surat
C
Afghanistan
D
Masulipatnam
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Q. 60
When was the first cotton mill established in Bombay?
A
1854
B
1856
C
1880
D
1891
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Q. 61
First country to undergo industrial revolution is-
A
Japan
B
Britain
C
Germany
D
France
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Q. 62
The two Parsis of Bombay who built huge industrial empires in India, accumulated their wealth partly from exports to China :
A
James Hargreaves and Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata
B
Seth Hukumchand and Dinshaw Petit
C
Dinshaw Petit and Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata
D
Dwarkanath Tagore and G.D. Birla
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Q. 63
What was the rate of technological changes occurring in England at the time?
A
rapid
B
moderate
C
slow
D
no change
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Q. 64
In the period of proto-industrialization, production was carried at?
A
Countryside
B
Town
C
Both a and b
D
None
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Q. 65
This town in Bengal had trade links with Southeast Asian ports:
A
Dwarka
B
Porbandar
C
Masulipatnam
D
Hoogly
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Q. 66
Who devised the Spinning Jenny.
A
James Watt.
B
James Hargreaves
C
Richard Arkwright
D
Samual Luck
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Q. 67
Who invented the steam engine?
A
Mathew Boulton
B
James Hargreaves
C
James Watt
D
Richard Arkwright
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Q. 68
Opium trade was conducted with which of the following country?
A
Sri Lanka
B
Burma
C
China
D
Iran
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Q. 69
When was the first cotton mill set up in India in?
A
1814
B
1854
C
1824
D
1864
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Q. 70
Which of the following were the most dynamic industries of the Great Britain?
A
Cotton and Agro-based Industry
B
Cotton and Sugar Industry
C
Ship and Cotton Industry
D
Cotton and Metal Industry
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Q. 71
Which of the following best defines a jobber?
A
Employed by industrialists to get new recruits
B
Old trusted worker
C
Person of authority and power
D
Controlled lives of workers
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Q. 72
This city connected India to the gulf and red sea port in the pre-colonial period.
A
Calicut
B
Madras
C
Mumbai
D
Surat
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Q. 73
First country to undergo industrial revolution is
A
Japan
B
Britain
C
Germany
D
France
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Q. 74
Which of the following best defines a Jobber?
A
Employed by industrialists to get new recruits
B
Old trusted worker
C
Person of authority and power
D
Controlled lives of workers
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Q. 75
First country to undergo industrial revolution is:
A
Japan
B
Britain
C
Germany
D
France
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Q. 76
Which neighbouring district of Mumbai provided an overwhelming majority of its mill workers in 1911?
A
Thane
B
Ratnagiri
C
Nasik
D
Sindhudurg
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Q. 77
The drawing of spinning jenny in 1835 belonged to
A
James Hargreaves
B
T E Nicholas
C
S Nicholas
D
None
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Q. 78
First country to undergo industrial revolution is
A
Britain
B
Japan
C
Germany
D
France
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Q. 79
What is Yarn?
A
Cotton
B
Thread
C
Wool
D
Bread
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Q. 80
The paid servants of the East India Company were
A
Seth
B
Mamlatdar
C
Gomastha
D
Lambardar
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Q. 81
A person who staples or sorts wool according to its fibre is called which of the following terms?
A
Fuller
B
Caller
C
Stapler
D
None of these
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Q. 82
First cotton mill in Bombay came up in the year ………..and it went into production two years later?
A
1850
B
1854
C
1852
D
1851
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Q. 83
Why did most of the workers the oppose introduction of new technology in factories in nineteenth century England?
A
All of the above
B
Workers felt that the quality of cloth will suffer because of the introduction of technology
C
Fear of losing employment
D
They did not want to work on modern machines
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Q. 84
Who established the first jute mill in India?
A
Seth Hukumchand
B
Dinshaw Petit
C
Dwarkanath Tagore
D
Jamshedjee Tata
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Q. 85
Guilds were associations of-
A
Producers
B
Industrialization
C
Exporters
D
Traders
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Q. 86
How did the East India Company set up a monopoly over the weaving industry in India?
A
By openly fighting with the Portugese and other traders
B
By dominating the weaver through force of action
C
By bribing the weavers in the favour of the Company
D
By appointing the gomastha to get direct control over the weavers, providing loans, and giving time limits
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Q. 87
In India the first cotton mill set up in-
A
Kanpur
B
Surat
C
Bombay
D
Madras
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Q. 88
Why did the weavers suffer from a problem of raw cotton?
A
Raw cotton exports increased.
B
Local markets shrank.
C
Export market collapsed.
D
The cotton crop perished.
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Q. 89
Why didn’t the technological changes spread dramatically across the industrial landscape?
A
Merchants were not interested
B
it was difficult to learn and train staff for new technology
C
New technology was expensive and merchants and industrialists were cautious about using it.
D
there were little resources for damage control
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Q. 90
From which of the following trade did the early entrepreneurs make a fortune?
A
Trade in tea
B
Industries
C
Painter
D
Industrialist
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Q. 91
What was the period of first phase of industrialization?
A
Up to 1840s
B
Up to 1860s
C
Up to 1830s
D
Up to 1850s
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Q. 92
From which of the following trade did the early entrepreneurs make a fortune?
A
Trade in tea
B
China trade
C
Textile trade
D
Industries
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Q. 93
After the consolidation of East India Company power after the 1760s, did the demand for Indian textiles deline?
A
Yes, they had started manufacturing their own cotton textile
B
Indian textiles were not exported from india due to high prices by Indian merchants
C
No, British cotton industries had not yet expanded and Indian fine textiles were in great demand in Europe
D
the demand had declined because it was not upto the European choice and use
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Q. 94
What did the term Orient refers to-
A
Asia
B
England
C
Russia
D
America
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Q. 95
The first Asian country to be industrialized was -
A
India
B
Japan
C
China
D
Afghanistan
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Q. 96
Guilds were associations of-
A
Industrialization
B
Exporters
C
Traders
D
Producers
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Q. 97
The Spinning Jenny was designed in the year :
A
1647
B
1674
C
1746
D
1764
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Q. 98
When was the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta set up?
A
1912
B
1919
C
1918
D
1917
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Q. 99
Which one was the pre-colonial port where sea trade was carried on?
A
Calcutta
B
Bombay
C
Orissa
D
Surat
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Q. 100
Who was E.T. Paull
A
He was a popular music publisher
B
Economist
C
Writer
D
Philosopher
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Q. 101
Who created the Cotton Mill?
A
J C Cotton
B
R L Cotton
C
None
D
Richard Arkwright
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Q. 102
Two most dynamic industries of Britain in the early nineteenth century
A
Iron & Steel
B
Cotton & Steel
C
Iron & Metal
D
Cotton & Metal
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Q. 103
What change took place in 1840s England?
A
building activity intensified, new railway stations came up, railway lines were extended, tunnels dug, drainage and sewers laid, rivers embanked, more opportunity for labour
B
there wasn’t much progress in the city dwelling
C
Stagnant industrial problems prevailed
D
labour had moved away from the cities
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Q. 104
Where did the workers come from to work in the Indian Industries that were set up?
A
In most industrial regions workers came from the districts around
B
they came from different states and regions around
C
they were brought in from Burma and Ceylon
D
they did not come around due to lack of mobility
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Q. 105
Which of the following is in the center of the picture?
A
A Goddess like figure
B
A God like figure
C
Sun
D
Moon
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Q. 106
Which among these was a pre colonial sea port?
A
Vishakhapatnam
B
Hoogly
C
Chennai
D
Cochin
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Q. 107
What was the status of human labour in Victorian Britain?.Was there a shortage?
A
yes there were limited number of workers
B
there was no shortage of human labour. Poor peasants and vagrants moved to the cities in large numbers in search of jobs
C
labour had to be imported
D
there was uneven distribution of labour
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Q. 108
During which period the earliest of factory came up in England?
A
1760s
B
1730s
C
1600s
D
1740s
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Q. 109
What was the possibility of getting a job with such abundance of labour in the cities?
A
jobs were given on the basis of merit and artistry of the jobseeker
B
a job depended on existing networks of friendship and kin relations in the factory
C
jobs were given, if you were registered with a particular factory
D
first come, first serve basis
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Q. 110
Who devised the Spinning Jenny?
A
Samuel Luck
B
Richard Arkwright
C
James Watt.
D
James Hargreaves
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Q. 111
Who among the following improved the steam engine?
A
Thomas Edison
B
James Watt
C
Alexander Fleming
D
Benjamin Franklin
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Q. 112
What did James Watt do to the steam engine produced by Newcomen?
A
Improvement
B
Disbursement
C
Both a and b
D
None
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Q. 113
London in fact came to be known as a ……………. before the cloth was sold in the international market.
A
trade centre
B
Finishing Centre
C
work centre
D
manufacturing centre
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Q. 114
The first jute mill set up by a Marwari businessman Seth Hukumchand in 1917 was located in:
A
Bombay
B
Calcutta
C
Ahmedabad
D
Madras
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Q. 115
Were the new industries easily able to displace traditional industries?
A
yes the new industry took over easily
B
No, a large portion of the output was produced not within factories, but outside, within domestic units.
C
the new industry dominated most sectors
D
the new industry partially managed to make place for itself
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Q. 116
What is proto-industrialisation?
A
Industry based on heavy factory production
B
first and early form of Industrialization
C
Industry based on modern technology
D
Rural Industry
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Q. 117
Dwarkanath Tagore is a
A
Publisher
B
Social Reformer
C
Industrialist
D
Painter
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Q. 118
When were the earliest factories in England set up?
A
1740 's
B
1720 's
C
1730 's
D
1750 's
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Q. 119
Before the age of the machine industry, where did the finer varieties of silk and cotton goods come from?
A
Egypt
B
India
C
Persia
D
Rome
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Q. 120
In the year ………. the first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production?
A
1874
B
1872
C
1877
D
1875
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Q. 121
Who invented the spinning Jenny ?
A
Seth Hukumchand
B
James Renell
C
James Mill
D
James Hargreaves
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Q. 122
Which one is the flourishing industry of England?
A
Iron and steel industry
B
Cotton industry
C
Jute industry
D
I.T
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Q. 123
What symbolizes the wheel with wings?
A
Progress
B
Time
C
Carriage
D
Future
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Q. 124
What did the most dynamic industries in Britain produce?
A
polyester and metals
B
jute and cotton
C
cotton and metals
D
furniture and food processing
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Q. 125
The number of workers employed in the transport industry …………..in the 1840s.
A
Halved
B
Doubled
C
Lessened
D
Suffered unemployment
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Q. 126
Handmade products came to symbolise refinement and class because…………… .
A
They were better finished, individually produced, and carefully designed
B
Easily available labour.
C
made for the choice of individuals
D
not easily affordable
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Q. 127
What happened when the Spinning Jenny was introduced in the woolen industry?
A
The women welcomed it very well
B
it was not able to produce in competition to labour
C
women who survived on hand spinning began attacking the new machines.
D
there was no conflict over the introduction of the jenny
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Q. 128
Where was the Elgin Mill set up?
A
Mirzapur
B
Benaras
C
Kanpur
D
Ahmedabad
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Q. 129
18th Century India witnessed the decline of Ans. which port town?
A
Calcutta
B
Surat
C
Madras
D
Bombay
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Q. 130
How did advertisements reach the common people-
A
Products
B
Radio
C
Calendars
D
T.V.
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Q. 131
What kinds of production demanded seasonal labour?
A
steel and iron
B
cotton and textiles
C
handmade goods
D
Gas works and breweries, in cold months; Bookbinders and printers before Christmas; Ship repairs during winter
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Q. 132
The Tata iron and steel company was formed
A
1907
B
1807
C
1957
D
1865
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Q. 133
Elgin Mill started in which of the following cities in north India?
A
Lucknow
B
Allahabad
C
Kanpur
D
Delhi
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Q. 134
Who invented the steam engine-
A
None of the options
B
Richard Arkwright
C
New Camen
D
James Watt
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Q. 135
Who invented the steam engine
A
James Watt
B
New Camen
C
Richard Arkwright
D
None of the above
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Q. 136
The expansion of railways took place in colonies in
A
1840s
B
1820s
C
1880s
D
1860s
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