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Industrial Revolution

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1 Industrial Revolution begun in the year______

a)

1770s

b)

1780s

c)

1800s

d)

1820s

2.

2. Who among the following coined the word Industrial Revolution for the development in Britain?

a)

George Michelet

b)

Fredrich Engels

c)

Arnold Toynbee

d)

Eric Hobsbrown

3.

In 1814 the railway engineer George Stephenson constructed a locomotive called ---------------------

a)

'The Blucher '

b)

The ' Puffing Devil '

c)

The 'Pumping Ghost'

d)

The 'Might Force ;

4.

Initially , canals were built in England to transport______

a)

Coal to cities

b)

Food Grains

c)

Raw Cotton

d)

People

5.

5.The Spinning Jenny was made by_______

a)

John Kay

b)

James Hargreaves

c)

Richard Arkwright

d)

Edmund Cartwrite

6.

Which among the cities were not industrialized during the Industrial Revolution?

a)

London

b)

Liverpool

c)

Manchester

d)

Amsterdam

7.

The Miners and Collieries Act of 1842 banned the childern under______from working underground.

a)

9

b)

10

c)

12

d)

14

8.

Who said that the actual Industrial Revolution should be the period between 1850-1914?

a)

D H Lawrence

b)

Charles Dickens

c)

A. E. Musson

d)

Edward Carpenter

9.

Who wrote ' Lectures on the Industrial Revolution in England'?

a)

George Michelet

b)

Frederic Engels

c)

Aston

d)

Arnold Toynbee

10.

What was MIner's Friend?

a)

A Ship

b)

A Canal

c)

An Engine

d)

A Railway Track