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The Age of Industrialization

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

By 1862 four mills were at work having _______

a)

94000 spindles and 2150 looms.

b)

940000 spindles and 2150 looms

c)

2150 spindles and 94000 spindles

d)

9150 spindles and 20000 looms.

2.

Who made his fortune in China trade in 1830s and 1840?

a)

Rabindranath Tagore

b)

Dwarkanath Thakur

c)

Abanindranath Tagore

d)

Dwarkanath Tagore

3.

Who set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta-1917, also traded with China.

a)

Jamshetji Tata

b)

G. R. Birla

c)

Seth Hukumchand

d)

Dinshaw Petit

4.

Traders were barred from trading with whom?

a)

Australia

b)

Europe

c)

Brazil

d)

U.S.A

5.

Which were the biggest European Managing Agencies?

a)

Bird Heilgers & Co.

b)

Andrew Yule

c)

G. D. Birla

d)

Jardine Skinner & Co

6.

How many workers in Bombay cotton industries in 1911 came up from Ratnagiri?

a)

75%+

b)

50%+

c)

20%-

d)

25%

7.

Who a person with some authority and power?

a)

Mayor

b)

Businessman

c)

Jobber

8.

When and where did the first cotton mill come up?


(Note: writing format:- place's name- year)

(a)  

9.

When did the first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production?

a)

1847

b)

1974

c)

1777

d)

1874

10.

What did the British in India exported to the China and for what? (respectively)

a)

opium, tea

b)

tea, opium

c)

indigo, coffee

d)

coffee, indigo