The Age of Industrialization

1. The earliest factories in England came up by _____. But it was only in the late eighteenth
century that the number of factories multiplied.
( a ) 1760s
( b ) 1830s
( c ) 1730s
( d ) None of the above
Ans – ( c )

2. Who set up the first Indian Jute Mill in Calcutta?

( a ) G.D. Birla
( b ) Seth Hukumchand
( c ) Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata
( d ) Dwarkanath Tagore
Ans – ( b )

3. Which of the following statements is not true about the album cover “Dawn of the
century”?
( a ) The painting appeared on the cover of a music book published by E.T. Pauli in 1900.
( b ) The centre of the picture represents the angel of progress, bearing the flag of the new
century.
( c ) She is gently perched on a wheel with wings, symbolising scientific inventions.
( d ) Her flight is taking her into the future.
Ans – ( c )

4. The first symbol of the new era was ________. Its production boomed in the late
nineteenth century.
( a ) Cotton
( b ) Wool
( c ) Silver
( d ) Aluminium
Ans – ( a )

5. A fuller’s job is to
( a ) pick up wool
( b ) sort wool according to its fibre
( c ) gather cloth by pleating
( d ) carry wool to the spinner
Ans – ( c )

6. Which of the following fictional characters was featured in the painting, Two Magicians?
( a ) Popeye
( b ) Romeo and Juliet
( c ) Touchstone
( d ) Aladdin
Ans – ( d )

7. ___________ created the cotton mill.

( a ) Orville Wright
( b ) Richard Arkwright
( c ) James Watt
( d ) None of the above
Ans – ( b )

8. Which of the following countries faced labour shortage in the nineteenth century?
( a ) America
( b ) Britain
( c ) France
( d ) Germany
Ans – ( a )

9. Which of the following is not a function of trade guiLds?

( a ) They trained craftspeople.
( b ) They maintained control over production.
( c ) They regulated competition and prices.
( d ) They produced metal goods.
Ans – ( d )

10. The production process ( carding, twisting and spinning, and rolling ) is associated with
the production of ……………..
( a ) Cotton
( b ) Ships
( c ) Railways
( d ) None of the above
Ans – ( a )
11. Who invented Spinning Jenny?
(a) James Hargreaves
(b) John Keats
(c) James Watt
(d) Graham Bell
Ans:-(a) James Hargreaves
12. Which of the following was the most dynamic industries in Britain in the early phase of
Industrialisation?
(a) Steel Industry
(b) Cotton and metals
(c) London Dockyards
(d) Electronic Industry
Ins. (b) Cotton and metals
13. Which of the following person produced and improved the steam engine produced by
Newcomen?
(a) C.V. Raman improved the steam engine.
(b) Alexander Graham Bell improved the steam engine.
(c) Isaac Newton improved the steam engine.
(d) James Watt improved the steam engine.
Ans. (d) James Watt improved the steam engine.