CBSE - The Age of Industrialisation

1 The Age of Industrialisation What was the fly shuttle used for-
(1) Washing
(2) Weaving
(3) Drying
(4) Sowing

2 The Age of Industrialisation Who among the following set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in 1917?
(1) Seth Hukumchand
(2) G.D. Birla
(3) Jamsedjee Nusserwanjee Tata
(4) None of the above

3 The Age of Industrialisation Where was the first Indian jute mill set up?
(1) Bengal
(2) Bombay
(3) Madras
(4) Bihar

4 The Age of Industrialisation Which of the following statements is not true about the effect of the First World War on industrialisation in India?
(1) Indian mills had to double their production, during the war to supply the war needs
(2) New factories were set up, old ones ran multiple shifts
(3) New workers were employed, made to work longer hours
(4) Manchester exports to India doubled during the war years

5 The Age of Industrialisation The new merchants could not set up business in the towns in Europe, because :
(1) the rules did not allow them to do so
(2) there were not enough products to start business with, as guilds had monopoly
(3) the powerful trade guilds and urban crafts made it difficult for new merchants to start business in townsand restricted their entry
(4) the merchants wanted to do business with village people

6 The Age of Industrialisation How can we prove that the old ports like Surat and Hooghly declined with the coming of the Euro-pean companies?
(1) Exports from these ports fell dramatically
(2) In the last years of the 17th century, the gross value of trade that passed through Surat had been Rs 16million. By the 1740s, it had slumped to Rs 3 million.
(3) The credit that financed the trade dried up
(4) The local bankers went bankrupt slowly

7 The Age of Industrialisation The Tata iron and steel company was formed
(1) 1807
(2) 1907
(3) 1957
(4) 1865

8 The Age of Industrialisation Whom did the British government appoint to supervise weavers, collect supplies and examine the
Quality of cloth?
(1) Jobber
(2) Sepoy
(3) Policeman
(4) Gomastha

9 The Age of Industrialisation Which industry followed the cotton industry in England and why?
(1) The wool industry, because production of wool increased in England
(2) Iron and steel industry, because of the growth of railways from the 1840s in England and in colonies inthe 1860s
(3) Iron and steel industry, because textile industry was no longer important
(4) Mining industry, because of loss in textile industry

10 The Age of Industrialisation The typical worker in the mid-nineteenth century, according to historians, was:
(1) a machine operator
(2) traditional craftsperson and labourer
(3) unskilled labourers
(4) a technology expert worker