Multiple Choice Questions
HISTORY - The Age of Industrialisation
Practice Questions with Answers
Total 136 questions available
Q. 1
What movement gathered momentum in the first decade of the twentieth century in India?
A
Independence movementB
Industrialisation movementC
Swadeshi movementD
Cotton movementClick an option to check your answer
Q. 2
What did nationalists mobilise people to boycott during the swadeshi movement?
A
Foreign goodsB
Local productsC
Agricultural toolsD
Industrial machineryClick an option to check your answer
Q. 3
What did industrial groups in India organise themselves to protect during the swadeshi movement?
A
Agricultural landsB
Collective interestsC
Foreign investmentsD
Educational institutionsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 4
What did industrialists in India pressurise the government to increase during the swadeshi movement?
A
Tax ratesB
Export quotasC
Tariff protectionD
Agricultural subsidiesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 5
Why did Indian industrialists shift from yarn to cloth production from 1906?
A
Decline in yarn demandB
Rise in yarn pricesC
Decline in cloth demandD
Rise in cloth pricesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 6
What happened to cotton piece goods production in India between 1900 and 1912?
A
DecreasedB
Remained the sameC
TripledD
DoubledClick an option to check your answer
Q. 7
What created a dramatically new situation for Indian mills during the First World War?
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Increase in foreign importsB
Decline in home marketC
British mills focusing on war productionD
Decrease in Indian populationClick an option to check your answer
Q. 8
What declined during the First World War, creating a vast home market for Indian mills?
A
Agricultural productionB
Foreign importsC
Tariff protectionD
IndustrialisationClick an option to check your answer
Q. 9
What items were Indian factories called upon to supply during the war?
A
Agricultural toolsB
Educational materialsC
War needs like jute bags, army uniforms, tents, etc.D
Luxury goodsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 10
What happened to industrial production over the war years?
A
It declinedB
It boomedC
It remained the sameD
It stagnatedClick an option to check your answer
Q. 11
Which task was NOT undertaken by Gomasthas?
A
To supervise weaversB
Collect suppliesC
Examine the quality of the clothes.D
To provide loans to weavers to expand their business.Click an option to check your answer
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 countriesClick an option to check your answer
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.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 14
Find out the correct statement from the following
A
After the arrival of Britishers Bombay and Calcutta lost their gloryB
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.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 15
Why did weavers eagerly take advances during the period mentioned in the passage?
A
To invest in agricultureB
To cover family needsC
To purchase new equipmentD
To travel to new villagesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 16
What did many weavers have besides their weaving occupation?
A
Large plots of landB
Businesses in other industriesC
Small plots of landD
No other sources of incomeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 17
What did weaving require according to the passage?
A
Only adult male laborB
Only women's laborC
Only children's laborD
Entire family's laborClick an option to check your answer
Q. 18
What were the gomasthas accused of in the weaving villages?
A
Providing support and helpB
Living within the villagesC
Having close relationships with weaversD
Acting arrogantly and punishing weaversClick an option to check your answer
Q. 19
What tied the weavers to the company according to the passage?
A
Higher pricesB
Miserably low pricesC
Flexible loan termsD
Independent selling optionsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 20
The steam engine produced by Newcomen was
improved by:
A
Dinshaw PetitB
Richard ArkwrightC
James WattD
Mathew BoultonClick an option to check your answer
Q. 21
The paid servants of the East India Company was
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GomasthaB
SethC
MamlatdarD
LambardarClick an option to check your answer
Q. 22
Which were the non mechanical sectors that were coming up?
A
building, potteryB
Food processingC
food processing, building, pottery, glass work, tanning, furniture makingD
hand made goods such as embroideryClick an option to check your answer
Q. 23
The cotton mill in England was created by :
A
Henry PatulloB
Seth HukumchandC
James WattD
Richard ArkwrightClick an option to check your answer
Q. 24
Which among these was a pre colonial sea port?
A
CochinB
ChennaiC
VishakhapatnamD
HooglyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 25
This became a vehicle of the nationalist message
of swadeshi :
A
AdvertisementsB
Steam engineC
Spinning JennyD
Textile millsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 26
Which Indian entrepreneur set up six joint stock companies in India in 1830?
A
Seth Hukum ChandB
Jamshedjee TataC
Dwarka Nath TagoreD
Dinshaw petitClick an option to check your answer
Q. 27
When did the earliest factories come up in
England?
A
In 1730sB
In 1720sC
In 1750sD
In 1740sClick an option to check your answer
Q. 28
18th Century India witnessed the decline of which port town?
A
MadrasB
CalcuttaC
SuratD
BombayClick an option to check your answer
Q. 29
The most dynamic industries in Britain were said to be of
A
CottonB
MetalC
CoalD
Cotton and MetalClick an option to check your answer
Q. 30
18th Century India witnessed the decline of which port town?
A
MadrasB
CalcuttaC
BombayD
SuratClick an option to check your answer
Q. 31
The Spinning Jenny was devised by :
A
James WattB
NewcomenC
Richard ArkwrightD
James HargreavesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 32
Which of the following were main pre-colonial ports of India?
A
Surat, Bombay, TuticorinB
Surat, Hoogly, MasulipatamC
Surat, Hoogly, MadrasD
Surat, Hoogly, CalcuttaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 33
The expansion of railways boosted which of the following industries?
A
Cotton and MetalB
Iron and steelC
MiningD
WoodenClick an option to check your answer
Q. 34
What was the fly shuttle used for-
A
WashingB
DryingC
WeavingD
SowingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 35
Who introduced the cotton mill?
A
James WattB
Mathew BoultonC
Henry PatulloD
Richard ArkwrightClick an option to check your answer
Q. 36
What was the fly shuttle used for-
A
WeavingB
WashingC
DryingD
SowingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 37
This city on the Gujarat coast connected India to
the Gulf and Red Sea ports :
A
PorbandarB
SuratC
BhavnagarD
DwarkaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 38
In India, the first cotton mill was set up in-
A
BombayB
MadrasC
KanpurD
SuratClick an option to check your answer
Q. 39
The paid servants of the East India Company
was:
A
SethB
LambardarC
GomasthaD
MamlatdarClick an option to check your answer
Q. 40
Why were handmade goods popular in England?
A
cheaper ratesB
fast productionC
demand in the market was often for goods with intricate designs and specific shapes specially by the aristocrats and the bourgeoisie classD
made at order was easierClick an option to check your answer
Q. 41
In the late 18th century which country did the upcoming indian Businessman gain maximum profit from?
A
England.B
BurmaC
ChinaD
CeylonClick an option to check your answer
Q. 42
It is the first industrial city in England-
A
ManchesterB
OxfordC
LondonD
WalesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 43
Dwarkanath Tagore was a______
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IndustrialistB
PainterC
Social ReformerD
PhilosopherClick an option to check your answer
Q. 44
In 1911, 67% of the large industries were located
in which of the following places in India :
A
Patna and LucknowB
Delhi and BombayC
Surat and AhmedabadD
Bengal and BombayClick an option to check your answer
Q. 45
When was the telephone invented?
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1776B
1876C
1976D
1885Click an option to check your answer
Q. 46
Which part of the world is represented by Aladdin?
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WestB
OrientC
NorthD
SouthClick an option to check your answer
Q. 47
Which of the following industries increased withthe expansion of railways in England from 1840sto 1860s?
A
Iron and SteelB
Jute and CottonC
Aluminium and BauxiteD
Copper and SteelClick an option to check your answer
Q. 48
Elgin mill was set up at
A
MadrasB
CalicutC
KanpurD
LuknowClick an option to check your answer
Q. 49
What was the fly shuttle used for-
A
WashingB
SowingC
WeavingD
DryingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 50
The machine age in India started in-
A
1950B
1900C
1890D
1850Click an option to check your answer
Q. 51
What did the Indian merchants export to Britain after the colonial control over Indian trade tightened ?
A
riceB
juteC
handicraftsD
raw cotton, opium, wheat and indigoClick an option to check your answer
Q. 52
Railways’ expansion began in England in
A
1850sB
1840sC
1820sD
1860sClick an option to check your answer
Q. 53
Who improved the steam engine produced by Newcomen and patented the new engine in 1781?
A
James WattB
Mathew BoultonC
Richard ArkwrightD
Henry PatulloClick an option to check your answer
Q. 54
Which business man set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in 1917?
A
Dinshaw PetitB
Dwarkanath TagoreC
Seth Hukum chandD
G.D. BirlaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 55
Production processes involving carding, twisting,rolling and stapling are associated with :
A
Railway IndustryB
Shipping IndustryC
Textile IndustryD
None of the aboveClick an option to check your answer
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 problemsC
Demand for Indian textiles was more than Manchester goodsD
cotton industry was flooded in England, giving way to cheap productsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 57
Where was the first jute mill established?
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BombayB
DelhiC
SuratD
CulcuttaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 58
When was the first cotton mill set up in India -
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1864B
1854C
1824D
1814Click an option to check your answer
Q. 59
This town on the Coromandel Coast had trade
links with Southeast Asian ports:
A
PersiaB
SuratC
AfghanistanD
MasulipatnamClick an option to check your answer
Q. 60
When was the first cotton mill established in Bombay?
A
1854B
1856C
1880D
1891Click an option to check your answer
Q. 61
First country to undergo industrial revolution is-
A
JapanB
BritainC
GermanyD
FranceClick an option to check your answer
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 TataB
Seth Hukumchand and Dinshaw PetitC
Dinshaw Petit and Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee TataD
Dwarkanath Tagore and G.D. BirlaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 63
What was the rate of technological changes occurring in England at the time?
A
rapidB
moderateC
slowD
no changeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 64
In the period of proto-industrialization, production was carried at?
A
CountrysideB
TownC
Both a and bD
NoneClick an option to check your answer
Q. 65
This town in Bengal had trade links with
Southeast Asian ports:
A
DwarkaB
PorbandarC
MasulipatnamD
HooglyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 66
Who devised the Spinning Jenny.
A
James Watt.B
James HargreavesC
Richard ArkwrightD
Samual LuckClick an option to check your answer
Q. 67
Who invented the steam engine?
A
Mathew BoultonB
James HargreavesC
James WattD
Richard ArkwrightClick an option to check your answer
Q. 68
Opium trade was conducted with which of the following country?
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Sri LankaB
BurmaC
ChinaD
IranClick an option to check your answer
Q. 69
When was the first cotton mill set up in India in?
A
1814B
1854C
1824D
1864Click an option to check your answer
Q. 70
Which of the following were the most dynamic
industries of the Great Britain?
A
Cotton and Agro-based IndustryB
Cotton and Sugar IndustryC
Ship and Cotton IndustryD
Cotton and Metal IndustryClick an option to check your answer
Q. 71
Which of the following best defines a jobber?
A
Employed by industrialists to get new recruitsB
Old trusted workerC
Person of authority and powerD
Controlled lives of workersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 72
This city connected India to the gulf and red sea port in the pre-colonial period.
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CalicutB
MadrasC
MumbaiD
SuratClick an option to check your answer
Q. 73
First country to undergo industrial revolution is
A
JapanB
BritainC
GermanyD
FranceClick an option to check your answer
Q. 74
Which of the following best defines a Jobber?
A
Employed by industrialists to get new recruitsB
Old trusted workerC
Person of authority and powerD
Controlled lives of workersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 75
First country to undergo industrial revolution is:
A
JapanB
BritainC
GermanyD
FranceClick an option to check your answer
Q. 76
Which neighbouring district of Mumbai provided
an overwhelming majority of its mill workers in
1911?
A
ThaneB
RatnagiriC
NasikD
SindhudurgClick an option to check your answer
Q. 77
The drawing of spinning jenny in 1835 belonged to
A
James HargreavesB
T E NicholasC
S NicholasD
NoneClick an option to check your answer
Q. 78
First country to undergo industrial revolution is
A
BritainB
JapanC
GermanyD
FranceClick an option to check your answer
Q. 79
What is Yarn?
A
CottonB
ThreadC
WoolD
BreadClick an option to check your answer
Q. 80
The paid servants of the East India Company were
A
SethB
MamlatdarC
GomasthaD
LambardarClick an option to check your answer
Q. 81
A person who staples or sorts wool according to its fibre is called which of the following terms?
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FullerB
CallerC
StaplerD
None of theseClick an option to check your answer
Q. 82
First cotton mill in Bombay came up in the year ………..and it went into production two years later?
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1850B
1854C
1852D
1851Click an option to check your answer
Q. 83
Why did most of the workers the oppose
introduction of new technology in factories in
nineteenth century England?
A
All of the aboveB
Workers felt that the quality of cloth will suffer because of the introduction of technologyC
Fear of losing employmentD
They did not want to work on modern machinesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 84
Who established the first jute mill in India?
A
Seth HukumchandB
Dinshaw PetitC
Dwarkanath TagoreD
Jamshedjee TataClick an option to check your answer
Q. 85
Guilds were associations of-
A
ProducersB
IndustrializationC
ExportersD
TradersClick an option to check your answer
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 tradersB
By dominating the weaver through force of actionC
By bribing the weavers in the favour of the CompanyD
By appointing the gomastha to get direct control over the weavers, providing loans, and giving time limitsClick an option to check your answer
Q. 87
In India the first cotton mill set up in-
A
KanpurB
SuratC
BombayD
MadrasClick an option to check your answer
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.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 89
Why didn’t the technological changes spread dramatically across the industrial landscape?
A
Merchants were not interestedB
it was difficult to learn and train staff for new technologyC
New technology was expensive and merchants and industrialists were cautious about using it.D
there were little resources for damage controlClick an option to check your answer
Q. 90
From which of the following trade did the early
entrepreneurs make a fortune?
A
Trade in teaB
IndustriesC
PainterD
IndustrialistClick an option to check your answer
Q. 91
What was the period of first phase of industrialization?
A
Up to 1840sB
Up to 1860sC
Up to 1830sD
Up to 1850sClick an option to check your answer
Q. 92
From which of the following trade did the early
entrepreneurs make a fortune?
A
Trade in teaB
China tradeC
Textile tradeD
IndustriesClick an option to check your answer
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 textileB
Indian textiles were not exported from india due to high prices by Indian merchantsC
No, British cotton industries had not yet expanded and Indian fine textiles were in great demand in EuropeD
the demand had declined because it was not upto the European choice and useClick an option to check your answer
Q. 94
What did the term Orient refers to-
A
AsiaB
EnglandC
RussiaD
AmericaClick an option to check your answer
Q. 95
The first Asian country to be industrialized was -
A
IndiaB
JapanC
ChinaD
AfghanistanClick an option to check your answer
Q. 96
Guilds were associations of-
A
IndustrializationB
ExportersC
TradersD
ProducersClick an option to check your answer
Q. 97
The Spinning Jenny was designed in the year :
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1647B
1674C
1746D
1764Click an option to check your answer
Q. 98
When was the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta set up?
A
1912B
1919C
1918D
1917Click an option to check your answer
Q. 99
Which one was the pre-colonial port where sea trade was carried on?
A
CalcuttaB
BombayC
OrissaD
SuratClick an option to check your answer
Q. 100
Who was E.T. Paull
A
He was a popular music publisherB
EconomistC
WriterD
PhilosopherClick an option to check your answer
Q. 101
Who created the Cotton Mill?
A
J C CottonB
R L CottonC
NoneD
Richard ArkwrightClick an option to check your answer
Q. 102
Two most dynamic industries of Britain in the early nineteenth century
A
Iron & SteelB
Cotton & SteelC
Iron & MetalD
Cotton & MetalClick an option to check your answer
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 labourB
there wasn’t much progress in the city dwellingC
Stagnant industrial problems prevailedD
labour had moved away from the citiesClick an option to check your answer
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 aroundB
they came from different states and regions aroundC
they were brought in from Burma and CeylonD
they did not come around due to lack of mobilityClick an option to check your answer
Q. 105
Which of the following is in the center of the picture?
A
A Goddess like figureB
A God like figureC
SunD
MoonClick an option to check your answer
Q. 106
Which among these was a pre colonial sea port?
A
VishakhapatnamB
HooglyC
ChennaiD
CochinClick an option to check your answer
Q. 107
What was the status of human labour in Victorian Britain?.Was there a shortage?
A
yes there were limited number of workersB
there was no shortage of human labour. Poor peasants and vagrants moved to the cities in large numbers in search of jobsC
labour had to be importedD
there was uneven distribution of labourClick an option to check your answer
Q. 108
During which period the earliest of factory came up in England?
A
1760sB
1730sC
1600sD
1740sClick an option to check your answer
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 jobseekerB
a job depended on existing networks of friendship and kin relations in the factoryC
jobs were given, if you were registered with a particular factoryD
first come, first serve basisClick an option to check your answer
Q. 110
Who devised the Spinning Jenny?
A
Samuel LuckB
Richard ArkwrightC
James Watt.D
James HargreavesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 111
Who among the following improved the steam
engine?
A
Thomas EdisonB
James WattC
Alexander FlemingD
Benjamin FranklinClick an option to check your answer
Q. 112
What did James Watt do to the steam engine produced by Newcomen?
A
ImprovementB
DisbursementC
Both a and bD
NoneClick an option to check your answer
Q. 113
London in fact came to be known as a ……………. before the cloth was sold in the international market.
A
trade centreB
Finishing CentreC
work centreD
manufacturing centreClick an option to check your answer
Q. 114
The first jute mill set up by a Marwari
businessman Seth Hukumchand in 1917 was
located in:
A
BombayB
CalcuttaC
AhmedabadD
MadrasClick an option to check your answer
Q. 115
Were the new industries easily able to displace traditional industries?
A
yes the new industry took over easilyB
No, a large portion of the output was produced not within factories, but outside, within domestic units.C
the new industry dominated most sectorsD
the new industry partially managed to make place for itselfClick an option to check your answer
Q. 116
What is proto-industrialisation?
A
Industry based on heavy factory productionB
first and early form of IndustrializationC
Industry based on modern technologyD
Rural IndustryClick an option to check your answer
Q. 117
Dwarkanath Tagore is a
A
PublisherB
Social ReformerC
IndustrialistD
PainterClick an option to check your answer
Q. 118
When were the earliest factories in England set up?
A
1740 'sB
1720 'sC
1730 'sD
1750 'sClick an option to check your answer
Q. 119
Before the age of the machine industry, where did the finer varieties of silk and cotton goods come from?
A
EgyptB
IndiaC
PersiaD
RomeClick an option to check your answer
Q. 120
In the year ………. the first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production?
A
1874B
1872C
1877D
1875Click an option to check your answer
Q. 121
Who invented the spinning Jenny ?
A
Seth HukumchandB
James RenellC
James MillD
James HargreavesClick an option to check your answer
Q. 122
Which one is the flourishing industry of England?
A
Iron and steel industryB
Cotton industryC
Jute industryD
I.TClick an option to check your answer
Q. 123
What symbolizes the wheel with wings?
A
ProgressB
TimeC
CarriageD
FutureClick an option to check your answer
Q. 124
What did the most dynamic industries in Britain produce?
A
polyester and metalsB
jute and cottonC
cotton and metalsD
furniture and food processingClick an option to check your answer
Q. 125
The number of workers employed in the transport industry …………..in the 1840s.
A
HalvedB
DoubledC
LessenedD
Suffered unemploymentClick an option to check your answer
Q. 126
Handmade products came to symbolise refinement and class because……………
.
A
They were better finished, individually produced, and carefully designedB
Easily available labour.C
made for the choice of individualsD
not easily affordableClick an option to check your answer
Q. 127
What happened when the Spinning Jenny was introduced in the woolen industry?
A
The women welcomed it very wellB
it was not able to produce in competition to labourC
women who survived on hand spinning began attacking the new machines.D
there was no conflict over the introduction of the jennyClick an option to check your answer
Q. 128
Where was the Elgin Mill set up?
A
MirzapurB
BenarasC
KanpurD
AhmedabadClick an option to check your answer
Q. 129
18th Century India witnessed the decline of Ans.
which port town?
A
CalcuttaB
SuratC
MadrasD
BombayClick an option to check your answer
Q. 130
How did advertisements reach the common people-
A
ProductsB
RadioC
CalendarsD
T.V.Click an option to check your answer
Q. 131
What kinds of production demanded seasonal labour?
A
steel and ironB
cotton and textilesC
handmade goodsD
Gas works and breweries, in cold months; Bookbinders and printers before Christmas; Ship repairs during winterClick an option to check your answer
Q. 132
The Tata iron and steel company was formed
A
1907B
1807C
1957D
1865Click an option to check your answer
Q. 133
Elgin Mill started in which of the following cities
in north India?
A
LucknowB
AllahabadC
KanpurD
DelhiClick an option to check your answer
Q. 134
Who invented the steam engine-
A
None of the optionsB
Richard ArkwrightC
New CamenD
James WattClick an option to check your answer
Q. 135
Who invented the steam engine
A
James WattB
New CamenC
Richard ArkwrightD
None of the aboveClick an option to check your answer
Q. 136
The expansion of railways took place in colonies in
A
1840sB
1820sC
1880sD
1860sClick an option to check your answer
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