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WorksheetsPOST- INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 22mins
An association of workers formed to pursue collective rights and interests is (a)
What are workhouses?
Institution built to provide work and accommodation for the working class.
Institution built to provide work and accommodation for the poor and employed.
Institution built to provide work and accommodation for the poor and unemployed.
Institution built to provide work for the poor.
What did the government do to discourage the poor from claiming relief in workhouses?
Poors paid rent to the government.
Work was for 100 days only.
Provided them work outside the workhouses.
Conditions were deliberately made unpleasant.
An election in which votes are not cast in public is known as (a)
What did Robert Peel’s 1829 Metropolitan Police Act create?
Metropolitan Police Act established a force of 1000 full-time London policemen.
TRUE
FALSE
Rookery was city slum often inhabited by criminals and an center for criminal activity.
TRUE
FALSE
What was an average age of children sent to work in industrial areas during the early 19th century?
5
8.5
13
19
Name this weapon used by the policemen during 19th century.
Policemen were nicknamed as (a)
Urbanisation led to decrease in the crime rates in the industrial cities.
TRUE
FALSE
How did the living conditions of the working class change during the Industrial Revolution?
Improved living conditions
No change in living conditions
Deterioration of living conditions
Decreased population density in urban areas
What negative impact did the Industrial Revolution have on the environment?
Increased pollution and deforestation
Improved air and water quality
Decreased use of natural resources
It had no impact on the environment
What social and economic changes occurred as a result of the Industrial Revolution?
A shift from rural agrarian societies to urban industrial societies
Decrease in population growth
Increase in reliance on barter systems
Decrease in the demand for skilled labor
Which of the following inventions played a crucial role in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution?
Printing press
Steam engine
Telescope
Crossbow
What was the Industrial Revolution?
A political movement
A cultural renaissance
A religious revival
A technological and economic transformation
In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin?
15th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
What was invented by Abraham Darby?
Coal
Charcoal
Coke
Cast Iron
What happened when the House of Lords rejected Earl Grey’s Reform Bill?
What did William Lovett and his fellow radicals write?
