This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > History > The Age Of Industrialization > Class 10 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialization – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialization Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Name the most dynamic industry in Britain. A) Food processing. B) Leather goods production. C) Cotton and metal industries. D) Electronic goods production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton and metal industries. 2. Who invented the steam engine? A) A) James Watt. B) B) New Camen. C) C) Richard Arkwright. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) James Watt. 3. Which among these was a pre colonial sea port? A) Hoogly. B) Chennai. C) Vishakhapatnam. D) Cochin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hoogly. 4. In thE 17th and 18th centuries, merchants from the towns in Europe began supplying money to peasants and artisans, persuading them to produce for ..... A) Chinese Markets. B) European Colonies. C) International Market. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) International Market. 5. With the growth of colonial power, trade through the new ports of Bombay and Calcutta came to be controlled by: A) British Parliament. B) Indian merchants. C) The East India Company. D) European companies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indian merchants. 6. What symbolizes the wheel with wings? A) Time. B) Future. C) Progress. D) Carriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Time. 7. ..... dominated the international market in textiles. A) England. B) China. C) France. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 8. The best definition for CAPITALISM is A) An economic and political system where landed aristocrats control all trade of goods. B) A political and economic system where a single king controls all trade of goods. C) An economic and political system in which a country's trade is controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. D) A political and economic system where the government controls all trade of goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An economic and political system in which a country's trade is controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. 9. When there is plenty of labour, wages are low. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. In Victorian Britain the upper classes-aristocratic class and bourgeoisie preferred handmade goods because: A) They were made from imported material. B) The handmade goods came to symbolize refinement and class. C) They were better finished. D) Only upper class could afford the expensive items. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The handmade goods came to symbolize refinement and class. 11. 1:-Guilds were associations of- A) Producers. B) Exporters. C) Traders. D) Industrialization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producers. 12. What made workers become hostile to the 'Spinning Jenny'? A) Common people had not yet accepted machine-made products. B) To some people machines appeared as 'monsters'. C) Hand-made goods were still popular. D) It had reduced the demand for labour. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It had reduced the demand for labour. 13. How did the mill owners organize the recruitment of workers? Choose the correct answer from the list given below: A) Selection boards used to be set up. B) They were recruited through tests/ examinations. C) Owners employed through jobbers (very often the jobber was an old trustworthy worker). D) Family members of the owners were recruited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Owners employed through jobbers (very often the jobber was an old trustworthy worker). 14. Where was the first jute mill established? A) Bombay. B) Surat. C) Culcutta. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Culcutta. 15. Indian industrial growth increased after First World War because: A) British opened new factories in India. B) India became independent. C) New technological changes occurred. D) Indian mills now had a vast home market to supply to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indian mills now had a vast home market to supply to. 16. The first Asian country to be industrialized was A) India. B) China. C) Afghanistan. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 17. What was the impact of industrialization on the family structure and population distribution? A) Equal rights and appreciation for women workers. B) Rapid population growth and urbanization, destruction of old social order. C) Shift from factory work to agriculture and decrease in poverty. D) Strengthening of traditional family values and decrease in urban population. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rapid population growth and urbanization, destruction of old social order. 18. ..... set up the first jute mill in Calcutta. A) Seth Hukumchand. B) Seth Ranchhodlal Chotalal. C) Jamshedji Tata. D) Dinshaw Petit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seth Hukumchand. 19. What was an outcome of the enclosure act? A) Small farmers lost their land and moved to towns or cities. B) Urban populations declined. C) Major cities declined in number. D) Peasants were encouraged to move to the countryside where there was plenty of land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small farmers lost their land and moved to towns or cities. 20. ..... Which of the following best defines a Jobber? A) Employed by industrialists to get new recruits. B) Old trusted worker. C) Person of authority and power. D) Controlled lives of workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Employed by industrialists to get new recruits. 21. Which of the following is not a reason why industrialists in 19th century Europe preferred hand labour over machines? A) There was abundance of labour, so wages were low. B) Hand labour produced uniform and standardized goods for a mass market. C) Machines required huge capital investment. D) Industries, where demand was seasonal, industrialists preferred hand labour. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hand labour produced uniform and standardized goods for a mass market. 22. Guilds were associations of ..... A) Traders. B) Rulers. C) Indians. D) British. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traders. 23. Name the first industrial country in the world: A) Germany. B) France. C) Britain. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Britain. 24. Who invented the steam engi A) James Watt. B) New Camen. C) Richard Arkwright. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Watt. 25. India exported ..... to China A) Indigo. B) Tea. C) Gold. D) Opium. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opium. 26. This city connected India to the gulf and red sea port in the pre-colonial period. A) Mumbai. B) Calicut. C) Surat. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surat. 27. ..... In the 17th century, merchants from towns in Europe moved to the countryside to: A) Supply money to peasants and artisans to persuade them to produce for international markets. B) Persuade them to settle in towns. C) Provide them with small workshops. D) Stop them from working for other companies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supply money to peasants and artisans to persuade them to produce for international markets. 28. The paid servants of the East India Company was A) Lambardar. B) Mamlatdar. C) Gomastha. D) Seth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gomastha. 29. Which of the following helped the production of handloom cloth? A) Government regulations. B) Imposition of export duties. C) Technological changes. D) Import duties. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Technological changes. 30. Who was E.T. Paull A) He was a popular music publisher. B) Writer. C) Economist. D) Philosopher. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was a popular music publisher. 31. How did advertisements reach the common people- A) Radio. B) Products. C) Calendars. D) T.V. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) T.V. 32. 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unlike newspapers and magazines, calendars were used even by people who did not know how to read or write. 33. 6) With the expansion of railways, in England from the 1840s and in the colonies from the 1860s, the demand for ..... and ..... increased rapidly. A) Iron and Steel. B) Jute and Cotton. C) Aluminium and Bauxite. D) Copper and Steel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron and Steel. 34. Coarser cotton was produced in many countries but finer varieties came from A) Persia. B) India. C) Surinam. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 35. Which thinkers raised concerns about the inequalities of modern capitalism during the Industrialization process? A) Adam Smith and Thomas Malthus. B) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. C) Clara Zetkin and Rosa Luxemburg. D) Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. 36. Guilds were association of A) Industrialization. B) Exporters. C) Traders. D) Producers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Producers. 37. First country to undergo industrial revolution is A) Japan. B) Germany. C) Britain. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Britain. 38. Who established the first jute mill in India? A) Dinshaw Petit. B) Dwarkanath Tagore. C) Jamshedjee Tata. D) Seth Hukumchand. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seth Hukumchand. 39. After 1940s, building activity opened up greater opportunities of employment. What kind of work was introduced? A) Construction of big business houses. B) Construction of mills and factories. C) Construction of railway lines, railway stations and digging up of tunnels. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Construction of railway lines, railway stations and digging up of tunnels. 40. How urban crafts and trade guilds controlled the business? A) They controlled production. B) They regulated prices. C) Restriction for new people to set up business. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 41. Why was it difficult to get a job in a factory in 19th century Britain? A) Employers were looking for only skilled workers and they rejected inexperienced applicants. B) The number of jobs were less than the number of job seekers. C) Employers did not prefer migrants. D) Employers wanted educated workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The number of jobs were less than the number of job seekers. 42. In the period of proto-industrialisation, production was carried at? A) Countryside. B) Town. C) Both a and b. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Countryside. 43. What was a significant factor in the UK's ability to become a dominant industrial powerhouse? A) Strong political and social stability combined with state ownership. B) Colonial expansion and military dominance. C) Abundance of natural resources in the mainland and its colonies. D) Access to advanced technology and favorable trade agreements. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abundance of natural resources in the mainland and its colonies. 44. Merchants from the ..... in europe began moving to ..... A) Town, village. B) Village, countryside. C) Town, countryside. D) Countryside, town. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Town, countryside. 45. Why were there frequent clashes between the gomastha 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 without long term social link with the village. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gomasthas were outsiders without long term social link with the village. 46. An economic system controlled by private individuals and corporations A) Socialism. B) Nativism. C) Capitalism. D) Monopoly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalism. 47. Elgin mill was set up at A) Kanpur. B) Luknow. C) Madras. D) Calicut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kanpur. 48. Which Indian entrepreneur set up six joint stock companies in India in 1830? A) Dinshaw petit. B) Dwarka Nath Tagore. C) Jamshedjee Tata. D) Seth Hukum Chand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dwarka Nath Tagore. 49. Which of the following best describes "industrial revolution" ? A) Invention of steam engine. B) Rise of capitalism. C) Fall of barter. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 50. 18th Century India witnessed the decline of which port town? A) Calcutta. B) Madras. C) Bombay. D) Surat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surat. 51. 4) 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. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. 52. What did the term 'Orient' refers to- A) England. B) Asia. C) Russia. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Asia. 53. Inventions led to industry because ..... A) More jobs were available for inventors and also for processing patents. B) Innovations led to better technology in order to produce goods faster. C) Factories were able reduce the emissions from pollution. D) Inventors served as advisors to the industrial capitalists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Innovations led to better technology in order to produce goods faster. 54. Where was the first cotton mill established? ; A) Bombay. B) Ahmedabad. C) Kanpur. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombay. 55. Which war materials were produced in India to supply to Britain during World War I? A) Gunpowder, cannons and other ammunition. B) Jute bags, cloth for army uniforms, tents and leather boots. C) Medicines for the wounded soldiers. D) Hammers, axes and other building material. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jute bags, cloth for army uniforms, tents and leather boots. 56. What led to the government's initiation and support of movements responding to problems emphasized by industrialization? A) Threat of military intervention and civil unrest. B) Pressure from international organizations and foreign governments. C) Growing demands for reform and the inability of individuals to solve problems alone. D) Economic incentives and tax breaks for industrialists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Growing demands for reform and the inability of individuals to solve problems alone. 57. When was the first cotton mill set up in India? A) 1814. B) 1824. C) 1854. D) 1864. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1854. 58. 2:-Which of the following best defines a Jobber. A) Employed by industrialists to get new recruits. B) Old trusted worker. C) Person of authority and power. D) Controlled lives of workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Employed by industrialists to get new recruits. 59. How did urban merchants acquire trade monopoly? A) The old merchants had won over the weavers and artisans. B) The powerful members of the guilds had bribed the rulers. C) The rulers granted different guilds the 'monopoly right' and trade of specific products. D) The guilds were so powerful that they did not allow new merchants to enter into the field of trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rulers granted different guilds the 'monopoly right' and trade of specific products. 60. Which is a negative effect of industrial revolution? A) Colonialism. B) Taxation. C) Mechanization. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Colonialism. Next →Related QuizzesHistory QuizzesClass 10 QuizzesClass 10 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialization Quiz 2 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books