MCQ Class 10 History Chapter 4 The Age of Industrialisation Advertisement MCQ’s For All Chapters – History Class 10th 1. The earliest factories in England came up by the _____. But it was only in the late eighteenth century that the number of factories multiplied.1730s1760s1830sNone of the aboveQuestion 1 of 152. Growing at a rapid pace, ________ was the leading sector in the first phase of industrialisation up to the 1840s.CottonShippingMineral industryNone of the aboveQuestion 2 of 153. The first symbol of the new era was ________. Its production boomed in the late nineteenth century.AluminiumCottonWoolSilverQuestion 3 of 154. ___________ created the cotton mill.James WattRichard ArkwrightOrville WrightNone of the aboveQuestion 4 of 155. With the expansion of railways in England from the 1840s and in the colonies from the 1860s, the demand for ______ and _______ increased rapidly.Copper and SteelJute and CottonIron and SteelAluminium and BauxiteQuestion 5 of 156. Who set up the first Indian Jute Mill in Calcutta?Dwarkanath TagoreSeth HukumchandG.D. BirlaJamsetjee Nusserwanjee TataQuestion 6 of 157. Which of the following countries faced labour shortage in the nineteenth century?GermanyBritainAmericaFranceQuestion 7 of 158. By 1873, Britain was exporting iron and steel worth about £ 77 million, double the value of its ________export.Steam enginesMeatCottonNone of the aboveQuestion 8 of 159. Dwarkanath Tagore was alanindustrialisteducationistphilanthropistsocial reformerQuestion 9 of 1510. Ordinary and small innovations were the basis of growth in many _______ sectors such as _________.MechanisedNon-mechanisedBoth (a) and (b)None of the aboveQuestion 10 of 1511. In Victorian Britain the upper classes- aristocratic class and bourgeoisie preferred handmade goods because:only upper class could afford the expensive items.they were made from imported material.the handmade goods came to symbolize refinement and class.they were better finished.Question 11 of 1512. Which of the following innovations helped the weavers in increasing productivity and compete with mill sector?RollerFly shuttleSpining jennyCotton GinQuestion 12 of 1513. Even at the end of the nineteenth century, ________ of the total workforce was employed in technologically advanced industrial sectors.Less than 70 per centLess than 20 per centMore than 80 per centMore than 50 per centQuestion 13 of 1514. What do you mean by ‘Gomastha’?A paid servant of the Company who supervised weavers, collected supplies and examined the quality of the cloth.An officer of the Company who acted as a go-between the Company and Indian tradersAn officer of the East India Company who looked after the textile tradeNone of theseQuestion 14 of 1515. __________ products came to symbolise refinement and class.HandmadeMachine MadeBoth (a) and (b)None of the aboveQuestion 15 of 15 Loading...
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