Test: The Age Of Industrialisation - 4 - UPSC MCQ

From 1906, export of Indian yarn to China declined since produce from Chinese and Japanese mills had flooded to the Chinese markets. So Indian industrialists shifted their interest from yarn to cloth production leading to considerable production of cotton piece goods.

The flying shuttle was one of the key developments in the industrialization of weaving. It allowed a single weaver to weave much wider fabrics, and it could be mechanized, allowing for automatic machine looms. It was patented by John Kay  

In a typical frame loom, as used previous to the invention of the flying shuttle, the operator sat with the newly woven cloth before him or her, using treadles or some other mechanism to raise and lower the heddles, which opened the shed in the warp threads. The operator then had to reach forward while holding the shuttle in one hand and pass this through the shed; the shuttle carried a bobbin for the weft. The shuttle then had to be caught in the other hand, the shed closed, and the beater pulled forward to push the weft into place. This action (called a "pick") required regularly bending forward over the fabric; more importantly, the coordination between the throwing and catching of the shuttle required multiple operators if the width of the fabric exceeded that which could be reasonably reached across (typically 60 inches (150 cm) or less).

 India made a huge contribution to Britain’s war effort. It sent staggering numbers of volunteers to fight and die on behalf of the allied forces.
The country also supplied 170,000 animals, 3,7 million tonnes of supplies, jute for sandbags,cloth for army uniforms, tents, leather boots, horse and mule saddles, besides other things.

The correct answer is C as The main interests of the European Managing Agencies, which dominated industrial production in India, were :
a)tea and coffee plantations, acquiring land at cheap rates
b)investing in mining, indigo and jute required for export trade

Manchester export to India declined after the First World War because the British industries and mills were busy in fulfilling the needs of the army. Most of the products were manufactured for meeting the war needs.

In 1900, a popular music publisher E.T. Paull produced a music book that had a picture on the cover page announcing the ‘Dawn of the Century’ in which at the centre of the picture is a goddess-like figure, the angel of progress, bearing the flag of the new century. She is gently perched on a wheel with wings, symbolising time. Her flight is taking her into the future. Floating about, behind her, are the signs of progress: railway, camera, machines, printing press and factory.

The first cotton textile mill in India was established at Fort Glastor near Kolkata in 1818. 

European Managing Agencies like Bird Heiglers and Co, Andrew Yule, Jardine Skinner and Co. which dominated industrial production in India, were interested in certain kinds of products. Acquiring land at cheap rates from the colonial government, they established tea and coffee plantations. Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

The correct option is A.
Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent that was under the jurisdiction of European colonial powers during the Age of Discovery. European power was exerted both by conquest and trade, especially in spices

The East India company tried to eliminate the existing traders and brokers connected what the cloth trade , and establish a direct control over the weavers through GOMASTHAS , these were the paid servant of the British government to supervise weavers , collect supplies and examine the quality of cloth.

In 1772, Henry Patullo, a Company official, had ventured to say that the demand for Indian textiles could never reduce, since any other nation produced goods of the same quality.