Knowledge Check: The Age of Industrialisation
Knowledge Check
Q1: Before factories, production for international market was called
A) Factory production
B) Proto-industrialisation
C) Modern production
D) Cottage industry only
Q2: The first country to undergo industrial revolution was
A) France
B) Germany
C) Britain
D) America
Q3: The spinning jenny was invented by
A) James Watt
B) James Hargreaves
C) Richard Arkwright
D) Samuel Crompton
Q4: Steam engine was improved by
A) James Hargreaves
B) James Watt
C) Richard Arkwright
D) Matthew Boulton
Q5: Machines were not used much in
A) Cotton industry
B) Iron industry
C) High-value industries
D) Low-value industries
Q6: Before British rule, India was famous for
A) Iron
B) Fine textiles
C) Machines
D) Steam engines
Q7: Manchester goods reached India because of
A) High Indian tariff
B) No tariff on British goods
C) Indian machines
D) Low demand
Q8: The first cotton mill in Bombay was set up in
A) 1854
B) 1874
C) 1900
D) 1947
Q9: Tata Iron and Steel Company was started in
A) 1907
B) 1854
C) 1947
D) 1930
Q10: In proto-industrial period, merchants supplied raw material to
A) Factories
B) Rural people
C) Cities only
D) Foreign countries
Q11: The flying shuttle was invented by
A) James Hargreaves
B) John Kay
C) James Watt
D) Richard Arkwright
Q12: Workers in early factories worked for
A) 4-5 hours
B) 10-12 hours
C) 14-16 hours
D) 8 hours
Q13: Handicrafts people attacked new machines because
A) They feared unemployment
B) They liked old ways
C) Machines were heavy
D) Machines were costly
Q14: Indian weavers lost jobs because
A) Cheap Manchester cloth flooded market
B) They stopped working
C) No cotton in India
D) High wages
Q15: The first jute mill in India was set up in
A) Bombay
B) Calcutta
C) Madras
D) Surat
Q16: A village weaver stops getting work because
A) He is old
B) Cheap cloth from Britain comes to market
C) No cotton grows
D) He moves to city
Q17: A child works 16 hours in factory. This was common in
A) Early factories
B) Schools
C) Farms
D) Homes
Q18: Dwarkanath Tagore set up six joint-stock companies in
A) 1830s-1840s
B) 1850s
C) 1900s
D) 1947
Q19: The upper classes in Britain preferred things produced by
A) Machines
B) Hand
C) Children
D) Slaves
Q20: In India, industrialisation was slow because
A) No raw material
B) British did not allow full growth
C) No workers
D) No machines
Q21: Which invention increased demand for cotton cloth?
A) Steam engine
B) Spinning jenny
C) Flying shuttle
D) Water frame
Q22: The earliest factories in England came up in
A) 1730s
B) 1780s
C) 1850s
D) 1900s
Q23: Gomasthas were appointed by
A) Indian weavers
B) British Company
C) Village head
D) Zamindars
Q24: Seth Hukumchand set up first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in
A) 1855
B) 1917
C) 1907
D) 1947
Q25: In 1911, cotton mills in India were
A) 50
B) 100
C) 200
D) Over 250
Q26: Which industry depended on seasonal workers?
A) Cotton
B) Jute
C) Book-binding
D) Iron
Q27: The water frame was invented by
A) Richard Arkwright
B) James Hargreaves
C) James Watt
D) John Kay
Q28: In India, first cotton mill was set up at
A) Calcutta
B) Bombay
C) Madras
D) Surat
Q29: Which is NOT a reason for slow growth of industry in India?
A) No tariff protection
B) Export of raw cotton
C) High wages
D) British control
Q30: A weaver in village gets less work because
A) He is lazy
B) Machine cloth is cheaper
C) No buyers
D) High price
Q31: The mule was invented by
A) Samuel Crompton
B) James Hargreaves
C) Richard Arkwright
D) James Watt
Q32: In Britain, women workers were employed in
A) Large numbers
B) Very few numbers
C) Only in homes
D) Only in offices
Q33: Indian industrialists started factories during
A) First World War
B) Second World War
C) Great Depression
D) 1857 Revolt
Q34: Which industry grew fast in India during war?
A) Cotton
B) Jute
C) Iron
D) All of these
Q35: The export of Indian yarn to China declined after
A) 1857
B) First World War
C) 1906
D) 1947
Q36: Which is NOT a machine used in cotton industry?
A) Spinning jenny
B) Steam engine
C) Water frame
D) Flying shuttle
Q37: In India, Europeans were mostly in
A) Supervisory jobs
B) Weaving
C) Spinning
D) Cleaning
Q38: The first Indian iron works was started by
A) Dwarkanath Tagore
B) Jamsetji Tata
C) Seth Hukumchand
D) G.D. Birla
Q39: Which industry needed human skill even after machines?
A) Coarse cloth
B) Fine textiles
C) Iron smelting
D) Jute bags
Q40: Industrialisation brought more jobs in
A) Villages
B) Cities
C) Farms
D) Forests