CBSE - The Age of Industrialisation

1 The Age of Industrialisation First country to undergo industrial revolution is
(1) Japan
(2) Britain
(3) Germany
(4) France

2 The Age of Industrialisation The word Orient refers to :
(1) All the countries outside Europe
(2) Countries to the east of the Mediterranean, usually referring to Asia
(3) Countries, which according to a western viewpoint, are traditional, mysterious and pre- modern
(4) Both (2) and (3)

3 The Age of Industrialisation In India the first cotton mill set up in-
(1) Madras
(2) Bombay
(3) Kanpur
(4) Surat

4 The Age of Industrialisation The main interests of the European Managing Agencies, which dominated industrial production in India, were :
(1) tea and coffee plantations, ac Quiring land at cheap rates
(2) investing in mining, indigo and jute required for export trade
(3) both (1) and  (2)
(4) products which were needed in India

5 The Age of Industrialisation In Victorian Britain, the aristocrats and bourgeoisie preferred hand-made goods as :
(1) they were cheap
(2) they could be obtained easily
(3) they were made of better material
(4) they symbolised refinement and class

6 The Age of Industrialisation The paid servants of the East India Company was
(1) Seth
(2) Mamlatdar
(3) Gomastha
(4) Lambardar

7 The Age of Industrialisation Who are called Staplers and Fullers?
(1) A Fuller fulls or gathers cloth by pleating
(2) Stapler staples or sorts wool according to its fibre
(3) Both
(2) and
(3)d) Staplers and Fullers are dyers

8 The Age of Industrialisation When was the first cotton mill set up in India -
(1) 1814
(2) 1824
(3) 1854
(4) 1864

9 The Age of Industrialisation Who was Dwarkanath Tagore?
(1) A social reformer
(2) Musician
(3) Industrialist
(4) Painter

10 The Age of Industrialisation It is the first industrial city in England-
(2) Manchester
(2) London
(3) Oxford
(4) Wales