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Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 1

At the end of the nineteenth century, 80 percent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector.

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At the end of the nineteenth century, less than 20 percent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in technologically advanced industrial sectors.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 2

Dinshaw Petit and Jamsetji Tata who were two important industrialists in India built huge industrial empires in

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Dinshaw Petit and Jamshed jee Tata both are Parsis and industrialists who built their huge industrial empire in Bombay. They both considered as the early entrepreneur of India. They both accumulated their initial wealth partly from exports from china, and partly from raw cotton shipments to England.
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Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 3

The Industrial Revolution refers to:

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The phase of industrial development is strongly associated with new machinery and technologies. These made it possible to produce goods on a massive scale compared to handicraft and handloom industries.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 4

Which city of England developed as a finishing centre?

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London came to know as finishing center for textile industries because, a merchant clothier in England purchased wool from a wool stalper, and carried it to the spinners, the yarn that was taken in subsequent stages of production to weavers, fullers and then to dyers. The finishing was done in London before the export merchant sold the cloth in the international market.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 5

Which of the following developments resulted in shifting of leading sector from cotton to steel?

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With the expansion of railways, in England from the 1840s and in the colonies from the 1860s, the demand for iron and steel increased rapidly. By 1873 Britain was exporting iron and steel worth about £ 77 million, double the value of its cotton export.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 6

The international market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.

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Before the age of machine industries, silk and cotton goods from India dominated the international market in textiles. Coarser cottons were produced in many countries, but the finer varieties often came from India.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 7

The upper classes in Victorian Britain preferred things produced by hand because

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The upper classes in Victorian Britain preferred things produced by hand because-Handmade products came to symbolize, refinement and class. They were better finished. Individually produced and carefully designed. Mainly the upper class- aristocrats and bourgeoise preferred the things produced by hand.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 8

Who adopted the concept of an assembly line to produce automobiles?

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Henry Ford adopted the concept of an assembly line to produce automobiles. He realized that the ‘assembly line’ method would allow a faster and cheaper way of producing vehicles.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 9

_____ was major centre for the jute industry.

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The jute industry was the second most important industry in India. This was concentrated around Calcutta. The predominance of jute industry in Bengal was maintained due to the monopoly of raw jute production in Bengal.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 10

The Industrial Revolution was brought about on account of-

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This phase of industrial development in Britain is strongly associated with new machinery and technologies. These made it possible to produce goods on a massive scale compared to handicraft and handloom industries.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 11

What was the effect of American civil war of the 1860s on the fate of cotton textile industry in India?

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When the American Civil War broke out and cotton supplies from the US were cut off, Britain turned to India. As raw cotton exports from India increased, the price of raw cotton shot up. Weavers in India were starved of supplies and forced to buy raw cotton at exorbitant prices. In this, situation weaving could not pay.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 12

The Elgin Mill was established in

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The company was founded in 1864 and is based in Kanpur, India. Elgin Mills Company Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of British India Corp. Ltd.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 13

The East India Company appointed _____ to supervise weavers; collect supplies and examine the quality of cloth.

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The English East India Company appointed Gomasthas for:
  • To eliminate the existence of traders and brokers and establish a direct control over the weavers.

  • To eliminate weavers from dealing with other buyers by means of advances and control. In this manner, weavers who took loans and fees in advance were obligated to the British.

Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 14

In North India, the Elgin Mill was started in Kanpur in

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The company was founded in 1864 and is based in Kanpur, India. Elgin Mills Company Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of British India Corp. Ltd.
Test: The Age of Industrialisation (Easy) - Question 15

The first Indian jute mill was set up by

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Seth Hukumchand established cotton mills (Hukam Chand Mill and Raj Kumar Mill at Indore), and a large Jute Mill and Iron Mill at Calcutta, He was a pioneer in 'Swadeshi Industry'. He was the first Indian businessman to set up a Jute Mill.

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