MCQ Class 10 History Chapter 4 The Age of IndustrialisationMCQ’s For All Chapters – History Class 10th 1. After the war, Manchester:Regained its old positionCollapsed in the Indian marketIncreased exports to IndiaModernised successfullyQuestion 1 of 202. In 1911 about what percentage of industrial labour worked in registered factories?5%10%20%50%Question 2 of 203. Handloom cloth production between 1900 and 1940:Declined steadilyAlmost trebledBecame extinctMoved entirely to millsQuestion 3 of 204. The fly shuttle helped weavers by:Reducing wagesImproving productivity and speedMaking designs automaticallySpinning yarnQuestion 4 of 205. By 1941 over what percentage of handlooms in India were fitted with fly shuttles?10%20%35%80%Question 5 of 206. Which region had 70-80% handlooms fitted with fly shuttles?PunjabTravancore, Madras, Mysore, Cochin, BengalGujaratRajasthanQuestion 6 of 207. Demand for coarse cloth fluctuated because:The rich disliked itIt was expensiveRural poor’s income varied during faminesMills stopped producing itQuestion 7 of 208. Which cloth was not easily displaced by mill production?Banarasi and Baluchari sarisCoarse lungisOrdinary handkerchiefsPlain cotton clothQuestion 8 of 209. The entire household often worked at various stages of production because:It was easy workIt was integral to industrialisationThey were remnants of the pastChildren were forced by lawQuestion 9 of 2010. Labels on cloth bundles were meant to:Hide originShow price onlyIndicate manufacture place and company nameConfuse buyersQuestion 10 of 2011. Images of gods on labels were intended to:Show disrespectGive divine approval and familiarityAdvertise templesSupport local artistsQuestion 11 of 2012. Calendars were effective advertisements because:Only educated people used themThey were hung in many places and seen dailyThey were printed rarelyThey replaced newspapersQuestion 12 of 2013. Figures of emperors and nawabs in ads conveyed the message:This product is for rulers onlyIf rulers use it, its quality is unquestionableIt is a cheap productIt is produced abroad onlyQuestion 13 of 2014. Indian manufacturers’ advertisements carried:British flagsNationalist swadeshi messagesForeign company logosBlank labelsQuestion 14 of 2015. Proto-industrialisation refers to:The first factoriesEarly large-scale production outside factoriesMechanised textile productionColonial trade policiesQuestion 15 of 2016. Surat’s decline by the 1740s was linked to:FamineEuropean monopoly and new portsEarthquakeRise of Persian tradeQuestion 16 of 2017. The East India Company appointed gomasthas to:Supervise weavers and collect suppliesTeach new weaving methodsProvide educationSet prices freelyQuestion 17 of 2018. Weavers clashed with gomasthas because:They gave high pricesThey were outsiders, acted arrogantly and punished delaysThey were family membersThey abolished advancesQuestion 18 of 2019. By the 1850s, Indian cotton weavers faced:Expanding marketsDecline of exports and cheap Manchester importsHigh wagesGovernment subsidiesQuestion 19 of 2020. The American Civil War caused:Cotton exports from India to decreaseRaw cotton exports from India to increase and prices to shoot upManchester to stop production permanentlyWeavers to get cheap raw cottonQuestion 20 of 20 Loading...
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