DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, BANGALORE- EAST

SUBJECT: SOCIAL SCIENCE

CLASS TEST

THE AGE OF INDUSTRIALISATION

CLASS: X MAX – MARKS: 10

DATE: TIME: 30 Minutes

Answer the following questions by choosing the correct option. (10X1=10)

1. The person who brought people from the village, ensured their jobs, help them settle in
cities and providing them money in times of need was known as:

(a) Stapler
(b) Fuller
(c) Gomastha
(d) Jobber

2. Which of the following was an European managing agency?

(a) Tata Iron and Steel Company
(b) Andrew Yule
(c) Elgin mill
(d) Birla industries

3. The trade guilds were:

(a) Associations of peasants who traded their crops with the merchants in the town.
(b) Associations of labouers who work for the traders .
(c) Associations of the traders who decide what to produce.
(d) Associations of traders and merchants that train crafts people, maintain control over
production and regulated price.
4. In the question given below there are two statements as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
Read the statements and choose the correct answer.
(A) - New technology was expensive and merchants and industrialist were cautious
about using it.
(R )- The Machines often broke out and their repair was costly.

(a) Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are correct but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is true but (R) is false.
(d) (A) is false but (R) is true.

5.Match the following items given in column A with those in column B. Choose the correct
answer from the options given below :

Column A Column B
(a) Gomasthas (i) James Hargreaves
(b) Spinning Jenny (ii) Seth Hukumchand
(c) Steam Engine (iii) Official who acted as companies agent
(d) First Indian Jute mill (iv) James Watt

(a) (a)-(iii), (b) –(i), (c)- (iv), (d)- (ii)

(b) (a)-(ii), (b) –(i), (c)- (iii), (d)- (iv)
(c) (a)-(iii), (b) –(iv), (c)- (ii), (d)- (i)
(d) (a)-(iv), (b) –(i), (c)- (ii), (d)- (iii)

6.Proto industrialisation refers to:

(a) Later phase of industrialisation in Europe where production was done by machine.
(b) Early phase of industrialisation in Europe and England where production was mainly done
by hands.
(c) Pace of industrialisation when cotton means begin to be set up.
(d) Pace of industrialisation when production was carried out in distance part of the country.

7. Which of the following innovations helped the weavers in increasing productivity and
compete with mill sector?

(a) Spinning jenny

(b) Fly shuttle
(c) Cotton Gin
(d) Roller

8. Industrialist in Victorian Britain did not want to introduce machines because-

(a) Machines were very heavy.

(b) Machines got rid of human labour and inferred large capital investment.
(c) Machines were not easy to operate.
(d) The demand was very less.

9. Why there were frequent clashes between the gomasthas 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 with a long term social link with the village. (d) None of the
above.

10.By late 19th century why did the British manufacturers print calendars for
advertisements?

(a) Indian people were fond of using calendars in their houses.

(b) Unlike newspapers and magazines, calendars were used even by people who did not
know how to read or write.
(c) It was cheaper to advertise goods through calendars. (d) It used to add beauty to the
room.

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