This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > History > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The working class, as termed by Karl Marx A) Prohibition. B) Tenement. C) Proletariat. D) Bourgeoisie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proletariat. 2. How did people make clothes, dishes and furniture before the Industrial Revolution? A) They made them in factories. B) These items were made by hand, one by one. C) Machines were used to create them. D) There weren't any clothes, dishes and furniture before the Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) These items were made by hand, one by one. 3. When did U.S. manufacturing begin to grow significantly? A) During the 20th century. B) During the 19th century. C) During the 18th century. D) During the 21st century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During the 19th century. 4. In the 2nd Industrial Revolution, what new industries developed? A) Textiles, railroads, iron and coal. B) Psychoanalysis and new products. C) Internet, web design and IPhones. D) Steel, electricity, and oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steel, electricity, and oil. 5. Before the Industrial Revolution, things were made mostly by? A) Hand. B) Telekinesis. C) Magic. D) Robots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hand. 6. Economic system in which the factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all A) Socialism. B) Totalitarianism. C) Capitalism. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Socialism. 7. I am the founder of the Standard Oil Company. I am ..... A) John D. Rockefeller. B) Andrew Carnegie. C) Wright Brothers. D) Thomas Edison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John D. Rockefeller. 8. Who invented the first moving assembly line for automobile production? A) Henry Ford. B) Andrew Carnegie. C) John D. Rockefeller. D) Samuel Morse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry Ford. 9. Canals are man-made A) Waterways. B) Railways. C) Roadways. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waterways. 10. What was the primary material used in the new method of smelting iron ore during the Industrial Revolution? A) Coke. B) Wood. C) Peat. D) Charcoal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coke. 11. The U.S. experienced economic disparity during the Gilded Age, meaning that ..... A) There was a great boom in the economy and most everyone had jobs. B) There was a bust in the economy and many people couldn't find jobs. C) Most of the nation's wealth was controlled by a small percentage of people while most others were very poor. D) Immigrants made a lot less money than natural-born citizens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Most of the nation's wealth was controlled by a small percentage of people while most others were very poor. 12. If you were alive back then, where would you most likely be? A) Working in a factory. B) At home. C) In school. D) In the country. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Working in a factory. 13. What does the acronym T.A.R.M.E.T stand for? A) Title, Agricultural revolution, Raw materials, Middle class, Empire, Transport. B) Technology, Aristocracy, Raw materials, Modern, Empire, Transport. C) Technology, Agricultural revolution, Raw materials, Middle class, Empire, Transport. D) Technology, Agricultural revolution, Raw materials, Middle class, Economy, Transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Technology, Agricultural revolution, Raw materials, Middle class, Empire, Transport. 14. Which industry did Andrew Carnegie control? A) Electricity. B) Oil. C) Steel. D) Railroads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steel. 15. The invention of new machines was an important part of the Industrial Revolution because A) Factory owners wanted new machines. B) New machines helped businesses manufacture goods much more quickly and cheaply. C) American inventors wanted to invent machines that were the best in the world. D) America was in a race with Canada to see who could invent the most new machines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) New machines helped businesses manufacture goods much more quickly and cheaply. 16. Demographic Revolution A) Population increase in Europe. B) Population decrease in America. C) Population standstill in Africa. D) Population in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Population increase in Europe. 17. Name two newspspapers during the industrial revolution A) New york times, vogue. B) Daily mail, Daily telegraph. C) Daily telegraph, New york times. D) New york times, daily mail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daily mail, Daily telegraph. 18. In what way did the new middle class change British society? A) The power structure in London shifted from the city to the country. B) The middle class became the new ruling class in society. C) Aristocrats and wealthy landowners looked down on the middle class. D) Some members of the middle class achieved top positions in society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some members of the middle class achieved top positions in society. 19. What social class emerged prominently during the Industrial Revolution? A) The bourgeoisie. B) The knights. C) The clergy. D) The aristocracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bourgeoisie. 20. What was the purpose of packet boats? A) To transport human passengers. B) To transport commercial cargo. C) To transport passengers and cargo. D) To transport completed student work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To transport passengers and cargo. 21. What did the Erie Canal connect? A) The Mississippi River to the Great Lakes. B) The Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. C) New York City to Albany. D) The Hudson River to Lake Erie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Hudson River to Lake Erie. 22. Which act in the UK was one of the first to regulate child labor? A) Health and Safety Act. B) Factory Act of 1833. C) Child Labor Deterrence Act. D) Minimum Wage Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Factory Act of 1833. 23. Urbanization is when A) People move from the farm to the city. B) The improvement of living conditions. C) The creation of farming towns. D) People move from the city to the farm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People move from the farm to the city. 24. Part B Which evidence best supports the answer to Part A (caused to begin)? A) "Could reach people" (paragraph 4). B) "Imagining new methods" (paragraph 4). C) "Needed to produce" (paragraph 5). D) "Than ever before" (paragraph 5). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Imagining new methods" (paragraph 4). 25. Which industries were pivotal during the Second Industrial Revolution? A) Textiles. B) Railroads. C) Automobiles. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. Which was the popular mode of transportation after canals? A) Roadways. B) Railways. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Railways. 27. "Coal is a rock that is combustible, meaning that it burns easily when set on fire." What is an effect of coal during the Industrial Revolution-pick the best option. A) Coal is found in the ground. B) Coal is a natural resource. C) Coal fueled engines, factories, and trains. D) Great Britain's location made it ideal for trading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coal fueled engines, factories, and trains. 28. Who designed the world's first steam engine and in what year? A) Thomas Moore in 1812. B) Taylor Watt in 1912. C) Thomas Newcomen in 1712. D) Thomas Eddison in 1711. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas Newcomen in 1712. 29. What was the purpose of banning labor unions in Britain? A) To prevent workers from quitting factories on the grounds of low pay. B) To maintain peace in urban neighborhoods by preventing worker riots. C) To prevent factory owners from gaining a monopoly on certain goods. D) To prevent workers from organizing strikes and stopping production. E) To stop the flood of foreign immigrants who were overcrowding the cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To prevent workers from organizing strikes and stopping production. 30. "Poverty is caused by laziness and bad habbits"-? A) Jeremy Bentham. B) Andrew Ure. C) Samuel Smiles. D) Freidrich Engels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Samuel Smiles. 31. One major reason for the growth in urbanization between 1860 and 1900 was that A) Politicians in major cities demanded fair working conditions for all laborers. B) The upper-middle class was prosperous and able to afford city dwellings. C) Many new immigrants were unable to find work on Midwestern farms. D) Many factory jobs were located in cities near transportation routes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Many factory jobs were located in cities near transportation routes. 32. What were some of the dangers children faced while working during the Industrial Revolution? A) Long working hours and low pay. B) Lack of education and illness. C) Unsafe working conditions and industrial accidents. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 33. Living conditions were good for those who moved to the cities during the industrial revolution. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 34. England started importing and exporting more goods. A) Buy more revolution. B) Transport Revolution. C) Commercial Revolution. D) Consumer Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Commercial Revolution. 35. What is another word for cloth and fabric? A) Textiles. B) Mills. C) Enterprise. D) Agrarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Textiles. 36. After the Industrial Revolution, things were made by? A) Hand tools and manual labor. B) Telekinesis and mind power. C) Machines and factories. D) Magic and sorcery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Machines and factories. 37. The United States today is A) Communist. B) Marxist. C) Capitalist. D) Both a and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalist. 38. What was the working condition like for women and children in the textile industry? A) They were paid well and had safe working conditions. B) They worked shorter hours compared to men. C) They were paid little and worked long hours in dangerous conditions. D) They were given equal opportunities and benefits as their male co-workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were paid little and worked long hours in dangerous conditions. 39. How did the creation of the Ford Model T effect population movement (the movement of workers around the country)? A) They moved from the rural parts to the city where there was work. B) It created the conditions for Detroit Motown music. C) People (workers) began to move out to the countryside (rural parts) for work. D) People were outsourced and moved outside of the U.S. for work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They moved from the rural parts to the city where there was work. 40. How did the invention of the Cotton Gin contribute to the expansion of the plantation system. A) By reducing the number of slaves needed for growing cotton. B) By increasing the time needed to cultivate cotton. C) By increasing the profitability of slavery. D) By reducing the demand for raw cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By increasing the profitability of slavery. 41. Describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the class structure of society. A) It eliminated the middle class. B) It led to the rise of a wealthy industrial middle class and a large working class. C) It caused the aristocracy to gain more power. D) It resulted in a more equal distribution of wealth.TagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It led to the rise of a wealthy industrial middle class and a large working class. 42. What does the acronym F.E.C stand for? A) Farming techniques, Empire, Crop rotation. B) Farming techniques, Enclosures, Coal. C) Farming techniques, Enclosures, Crop rotation. D) Farming techniques, Energy, Crop rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Farming techniques, Enclosures, Crop rotation. 43. What is imperialism, as it relates to the Industrial Revolution? A) The spread of industrialization within a country. B) The use of armies and navies to take over non-industrialized regions. C) A type of factory management. D) The promotion of democratic governments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The use of armies and navies to take over non-industrialized regions. 44. How many people lived in the countryside in 1900? A) 2/10. B) 4/10. C) 5/10. D) 1/10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2/10. 45. What is industrialization? A) The transition from creating goods by hand to using machines. B) The growth of machine production and factories. C) The process through which cities grow and the population becomes more urban. D) The distribution of power to a wide variety of people or organizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The growth of machine production and factories. 46. Which economic system is complete socialism in which the means of production-all land, mines, factories, railroads and businesses-would be owned by the people and private property would cease to exist; all goods and services would be shared equally? A) Utilitarianism. B) Socialism. C) Communism. D) Capitalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Communism. 47. What was a benefit of the railroad in Britain? A) It encouraged people to emigrate to other countries. B) It eliminated hundreds of thousands of jobs. C) It displaced England's agricultural and fishing industries. D) It offered cheap transportation for materials and goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It offered cheap transportation for materials and goods. 48. Britain has many rivers and waterways. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 49. What was the nature of work in the new urban industries? A) Artisans with specialized skills produced most of the manufactured goods. B) Workers had more leisure time and better working conditions. C) Workers were paid high wages and had job security. D) The coal-fired steam engine and other machinery set a new, faster pace for labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The coal-fired steam engine and other machinery set a new, faster pace for labor. 50. What was a result of people living so close together in the cities? A) Families got to know each other well and became friends. B) Certain areas of the cities did not have enough houses with heat and air conditioning. C) Sicknesses spread quickly industrial cities regularly had epidemics of cholera sweep through them. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sicknesses spread quickly industrial cities regularly had epidemics of cholera sweep through them. 51. At first, forcing factory owners to give children two hours of this a day wasn't much, but over time this became mandatory for children. A) Education. B) Breaks. C) Work. D) Paid overtime. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Education. 52. Innovation means ..... A) A new way of doing. B) A new thing. C) A whole new world. D) A brand new place I never knew. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A new way of doing. 53. Because there were almost no jobs in the country, most people A) Moved to the city for factory jobs. B) Moved in with their parents. C) Moved to another country. D) Started their own farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moved to the city for factory jobs. 54. Which statement describes how the Industrial Revolution affected the population of Britain? A) Population growth started slowing down as poverty increased in urban areas. B) Greater food production led to an increase in the overall population. C) The population increased rapidly in rural areas where the air was cleaner. D) The population declined because of deaths caused by poor working conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greater food production led to an increase in the overall population. 55. Which of the following is a reason why the Industrial Revolution began in England? A) England began using money as currency, and banks could make loans to businessmen. B) It had changed to a constitutional monarchy after the Glorious Revolution. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England began using money as currency, and banks could make loans to businessmen. 56. What invention powered factories and allowed factories to be built anywhere, also powered ships and railroads? A) Power Saw. B) Spinning Jenny. C) Sail Boats. D) Steam Engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steam Engine. 57. What is one potential negative impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution? A) Increased agricultural output. B) More manual labor jobs. C) Worsening inequality. D) Decreased technological innovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worsening inequality. 58. What kind of conditions were the kids working in with these factories? A) Pleasant. B) Chilly. C) Harsh and dirty. D) Clean and sanitary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harsh and dirty. 59. During the Industrial Revolution, "Communism" became a thing. Define Communism. A) A form of government where a single ruler holds all the power. B) An economic system where individuals own the means of production. C) A political and economic ideology advocating for a classless society and collective ownership of the means of production. D) A political ideology advocating for a society with a strict class hierarchy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A political and economic ideology advocating for a classless society and collective ownership of the means of production. 60. These made people immune to deadly diseases like smallpox. A) Pasteurization. B) Vaccines. C) Evolution. D) Sterilizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vaccines. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 1Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 2Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 3Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 4Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 5Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 6Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 7Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books