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WorksheetsThe Age of Industrialisation Part 3
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which one of the following places in India 67 per cent of the large industries was located?
a)
Bengal and Delhi
b)
Bengal and Bombay
c)
Delhi and Bombay
d)
None of these
2.
Which pre-colonial port connected India to the Gulf countries and the Red Sea ports?
a)
Bombay
b)
Hooghly
c)
Surat
d)
Machhalipatanam
3.
Which state replaces Surat and Hooghly?
a)
Bombay and Orissa
b)
Bombay and Calcutta
c)
Masulipatam and Calcutta
d)
None of the above
4.
Which War caused new problems for Indian weavers?
a)
The American Civil War
b)
First world war
c)
Second world war
d)
None of these
5.
Which war materials were produced in India to supply to Britain during World War I?
a)
Gunpowder, cannons and other ammunition.
b)
Jute bags, cloth for army uniforms, tents and leather boots.
c)
Medicines for the wounded soldiers.
d)
Hammers, axes and other building material.
6.
Who attacked the introduction of spinning jenny?
a)
Men
b)
Women
c)
men and children
d)
None of these
7.
Who created the cotton mill in England?
a)
Richard Arkwright
b)
James Watt
c)
Mathew Boulton
d)
None of these
8.
Who devised the Spinning Jenny?
a)
James Hargreaves
b)
James Watt
c)
Richard Arkwright
d)
Samuel Luke
9.
Who improved the ‘Steam Engine’ produced by Newcomen?
a)
Marcopolo
b)
Richard Arkwright
c)
James Watt
d)
None of these
10.
Who invented the first steam engine?
a)
James Watt
b)
Newcomen
c)
Richard Arkwright
d)
None of these
11.
Who produced music book that Dawn of the Century?
a)
New Comen
b)
James Watt
c)
E. T. Paul
d)
None of these
12.
Who set up the first Indian Jute Mill in Calcutta?
a)
G.D. Birla
b)
Seth Hukumchand
c)
Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata
d)
Dwarkanath Tagore
13.
Who was Dwarkanath Tagore?
a)
A social reformer
b)
Musician
c)
Industrialist
d)
Painter
14.
Who was the Staplers and Fullers?
a)
Gathers cloth by pleating
b)
Sorts wool according to its fibre
c)
Both a and b
d)
None of these
15.
Why couldn’t the merchants expand production within towns?
a)
The powerful guilds did not allow them to do so.
b)
New merchants were not competent enough to carry on production work and trade.
c)
New merchants had inadequate capital.
d)
Competent weavers and artisans were not available in towns.
16.
Why did Manchester export to India decline after the First World War?
a)
People were busy fighting the war.
b)
Factories closed down due to security problem.
c)
Factories and mills were busy producing goods to fulfill the need of army.
d)
Export trade was restricted by the government.
17.
Why did the weavers suffer from a problem of raw cotton?
a)
The cotton crop perished
b)
Raw cotton exports increased
c)
Local markets shrank
d)
Export market collapsed
18.
Why was it difficult to get a job in a factory in 19th century Britain?
a)
Employers were looking for only skilled workers and they rejected inexperienced applicants.
b)
The number of jobs were less than the number of job seekers.
c)
Employers did not prefer migrants.
d)
Employers wanted educated workers.
19.
Why were there frequent clashes between the gomastha and the weavers?
a)
The weavers hated foreigners.
b)
The gomastha forced the weavers to sell goods at a dictated price.
c)
Gomasthas were outsiders without long term social link with the village.
d)
None of the above.
20.
Why were workers in England hostile to machines and new technology?
a)
They did not know how to use these.
b)
They feared that they would lose their jobs and livelihood.
c)
The workers were too poor to buy new machines.
d)
They were scared of machines.
21.
With the growth of colonial power, trade through the new ports of Bombay and Calcutta came to be controlled by:
a)
Indian merchants
b)
European companies
c)
The East India Company
d)
British Parliament.
22.
What is proto-industrialisation?
a)
Industry based on heavy factory production
b)
first and early form of Industrialization
c)
Industry based on modern technology
d)
Rural Industry
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