This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > History > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 26 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A large building in which machinery is used to manufacture goods. A method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor, first adopted in Britain at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century and later spread around the world. A) Factory/Factory System. B) Bessemer Process. C) Cottage Industry. D) Tenement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Factory/Factory System. 2. Which was invented last? A) Sewing Machine. B) Telephone. C) Telegraph. D) Steam Engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telephone. 3. What problems did urbanization cause? A) The cities became crowded and dirty. B) The cities became too clean. C) People had too much space. D) People moved back to farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cities became crowded and dirty. 4. Which scientist identified the bacterium that causes tuberculosis? A) Robert Koch. B) Joseph Lister. C) Louis Pasteur. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Robert Koch. 5. Steamboats increased the efficiency of the following variable(s): A) Time. B) Expense. C) Both time and expense. D) Neither time nor expense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both time and expense. 6. Fabric, clot that is knit or woven A) Clothes. B) Revolution. C) Industrial. D) Textile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Textile. 7. Where did it take place? A) Italy. B) France. C) Britain. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Britain. 8. A social and economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and co-operative management of the economy, as well as a political theory and movement that aims at the establishment of such a system. A) SOCIALISM. B) CAPITALISM. C) UTILITARIANISM. D) ADAM SMITH. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SOCIALISM. 9. How were goods made before the Industrial Revolution? A) Goods were made in large factories. B) Goods were imported from other countries. C) Goods were made by hand in homes or small workshops. D) Goods were made by machines in big cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goods were made by hand in homes or small workshops. 10. During the Industrial Revolution, were workers dying a common occurrence? A) No. B) Yes. C) Rarely. D) Not sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 11. Which two centuries did the Industrial Revolution take place? A) 18th and 19th. B) 20th and 21st. C) 16th and 17th. D) 12th and 13th. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18th and 19th. 12. What movement introduced the idea that average, working class people, contemporary settings, and day-to-day scenes were worthy artistic subjects? A) Realism. B) Impressionism. C) Post-Impressionism. D) Romanticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realism. 13. What rekindled the fire of reason and rationale leading to the Industrial Revolution? A) The fall of the Roman Empire. B) The discovery of the New World. C) The Arabic translations of ancient Greek literature. D) The invention of the printing press. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Arabic translations of ancient Greek literature. 14. Choose the BEST answer:The Home Insurance Building was made with a specific focus on fireproofing because ..... A) Fires are bad. B) The Great Chicago Fire destroyed over 3 square miles of the city in 1871. C) The architect wanted to prove it was possible. D) Steel and iron became more readily available in 1880. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Great Chicago Fire destroyed over 3 square miles of the city in 1871. 15. A person who starts a business is called a/an ..... A) Entrepreneur. B) Investor. C) Capitalist. D) Executive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entrepreneur. 16. What is the system in which society, usually through government, owns and controls some means of production (natural resources, factories, etc.)? A) Conservatism. B) Capitalism. C) Liberalism. D) Socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socialism. 17. They developed machines especially designed to increase the production of goods and to help people make a(n) ..... A) Profit. B) Energy. C) Import. D) Export. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Profit. 18. Which of the following best describes a pull factor during the Industrial Revolution? A) Countries like the United States and Great Britain offered numerous job opportunities. B) Civil wars in Great Britain forced citizens to move to the United States. C) The Enclosure Acts in Great Britain forced rural families off of their land. D) The decrease in agricultural jobs and the enclosement of the Commons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Countries like the United States and Great Britain offered numerous job opportunities. 19. The fuel that powered the first engines was what? A) Nuclear. B) Coal. C) Electricity. D) Gasoline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coal. 20. True or False:Most of the employees working at Lowell Mills were women. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. What was the purpose of the National Child Labor Committee formed in 1904? A) To achieve federal child labor legislation and provide mandatory education. B) To increase wages for child workers. C) To promote child labor as beneficial for economic growth. D) To organize strikes for better working conditions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To achieve federal child labor legislation and provide mandatory education. 22. Before complex machines could manufacture lots of things, how were most things made? A) Slowly, one at a time, by hand. B) Quickly with everyone working on a small part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slowly, one at a time, by hand. 23. Which of the following countries is currently not governed by a form of communism? A) Japan. B) China. C) Cuba. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japan. 24. Karl Marx wrote in The Communist Manifesto that the history of man had been defined by what? A) Class struggles. B) Scientific advancement. C) Economic equality. D) Survival of the fittest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Class struggles. 25. What were the three factors of production required to drive the industrial revolution? A) Land, labor, capital. B) Government, military, colonies. C) Raw materials, natural resources, man-made goods. D) Road, railway, and water transport. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land, labor, capital. 26. What did James Hargreaves develop that helped begin the developments in the textile industries? A) Seed driller. B) Power loom. C) Spinning jenny. D) Steam engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinning jenny. 27. When was electricity made available to the townspeople of Asheboro? A) 1928. B) 1911. C) 1889. D) 1905. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1905. 28. Transportation in the 1800s was revolutionized by the development of the A) Airplane. B) Caravel. C) Astrolabe. D) Steam engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steam engine. 29. In the late 1800s, one response of workers in England to unsafe working conditions was to (a) A) Set minimum wages. B) Return to farming. C) Take control of the government. D) A. form labor unions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A. form labor unions. 30. What was the impact of children working in factories? A) Factory work improved children's physical health. B) Children did not attend school. C) Children gained valuable work experience and skills. D) Child labor led to increased family income and stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Children did not attend school. 31. What marked a significant shift during the Industrial Revolution? A) Shift from urban to rural areas. B) Transition from machine-based manufacturing to manual labor. C) Change from manual labor to machine-based manufacturing. D) Change from agricultural-based economies to service-based economies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change from manual labor to machine-based manufacturing. 32. Which social change occurred during the Industrial Revolution? A) The number of family farmers increased. B) The status of religious leaders increased. C) The privileges for nobility increased. D) The population of the working class increased. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The population of the working class increased. 33. What was the primary power source that drove the machinery of the Industrial Revolution in its early stages? A) Steam power. B) Wind power. C) Water power. D) Animal power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steam power. 34. During the Industrial Revolution, the gap between the rich and the poor A) Disappeared. B) Decreased. C) Increased. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased. 35. The production of ..... was one of the first industries to be affected by the Industrial Revolution. A) Military equipment. B) Automobiles. C) Steel. D) Textiles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Textiles. 36. How did the development of the factory system encourage urbanization? A) Industrialists invested in cotton plantations. B) Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers. C) Manufacturers produced goods to export overseas. D) Labor unions were formed to protect mill workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Workers moved closer to manufacturing centers. 37. The Indutrial Revolution caused a few problems, one of them was A) People had no food. B) The environmental demage. C) The sailing system. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The environmental demage. 38. What inference can be made about Samuel Slater based on the evidence provided in the article? A) He, Lowell, and Fulton were good friends and business associates. B) He was the only man with the expertise to operate a text mill in the United States. C) Slater's mill did not employ a significant number of women. D) He was a skilled, successful businessman in England before traveling to the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He was a skilled, successful businessman in England before traveling to the United States. 39. After buying up the land of village farmers, wealthy landowners enclosed their land with fences and hedges. A) ENCLOSURES. B) CROP ROTATION. C) INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. D) INDUSTRIALIZATION. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ENCLOSURES. 40. Child Labor was common during the early Industrial Revolution. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 41. Which of the following was NOT an effect of the development of railways? A) Agriculture and fishing industries could reach new markets. B) Hundreds of thousands of jobs were created. C) Travel between city and country was easier and faster. D) Industry growth exploded with higher costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industry growth exploded with higher costs. 42. The second industrial revolution saw a shift from a reliance on water and steam power to a reliance on electricity and petroleum. TRUE or FALSE? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 43. Match the description with the correct inventor:He invented the cotton gin. A) Eli Whitney. B) Cyrus McCormick. C) Elias Howe. D) Samuel F.B. Morse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eli Whitney. 44. Which would be the least advantage gained by using child labor? A) Children were smaller. B) Children were paid less. C) Children easier to control. D) Children worked faster. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Children worked faster. 45. Who invented the seed drill? A) Joseph Foljambe. B) Jethro Tull. C) Jason Tull. D) Thomas Newcomen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jethro Tull. 46. How was cholera spread? A) Too much blood. B) Out of date food. C) Coughing on someone. D) Contaminated drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contaminated drinking water. 47. What replaced steamboats as the dominant form of commercial transport in the U.S.? A) Airplanes. B) Automobiles. C) Railroads. D) Horse-drawn carriages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Railroads. 48. Who invented the steam engine improved for practical use in factories? A) Richard Arkwright. B) Robert Fulton. C) Thomas Edison. D) James Watt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Watt. 49. Who invented interchangeable parts? A) Eli Whitney. B) Samual Morse. C) Benjamin Franklin. D) Lil Baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eli Whitney. 50. Why did new economic ideas emerge during the Industrial Revolution? A) Economic philosophers were trying to determine the role government should play in the economy. B) Economic philosophers were not content with the conditions created by the Industrial Revolution. C) Economic philosophers were trying to create a more equal and fair society. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 51. Why did many Irish immigrants move to the Unites States? A) Massive unemployment in Ireland. B) Political unrest in Ireland. C) Famine caused by crop failure. D) Civil war between Catholics and Protestants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Famine caused by crop failure. 52. Who was the father of the Industrial Revolution in America? A) George Washington. B) Kanye West. C) Barack Obama. D) Samuel Slater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samuel Slater. 53. The period of time that is marked by the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England in the middle 1700s. A) ENCLOSURES. B) INDUSTRIALIZATION. C) CROP ROTATION. D) INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. 54. Which economic effect resulted from industrialization? A) Lower production of manufactured goods. B) Increased cost of goods. C) Mass production and cheaper products. D) Decreased international trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mass production and cheaper products. 55. After the war of 1812, thousands of settlers and immigrants moved to the western frontiers of the United States in search of farming and business opportunities. In response, the government began building roads. This transportation network was intended to ..... A) Promote th free-enterprise system. B) Discourage the organization of new territories. C) Prevent border disputes between states. D) Establish federal control over industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Promote th free-enterprise system. 56. My product helped to build sky scrapers and stronger bridges. I am ..... A) Alexander Graham Bell. B) Andrew Carnegie. C) Thomas Edison. D) John D. Rockefeller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andrew Carnegie. 57. What is Laissez-faire? A) A policy of minimal governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society. B) A type of government where the state has total control over the economy. C) A system where the government regulates all aspects of the economy. D) A political ideology that advocates for a strong central government. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A policy of minimal governmental interference in the economic affairs of individuals and society. 58. What was the first message sent using the telegraph? A) Hello World. B) To be or not to be. C) What hath God wrought. D) A quick brown fox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What hath God wrought. 59. What was the approximate percentage of the population living in cities by 1900? A) 70%. B) 90%. C) 50%. D) 30%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30%. 60. In the earliest days, British merchants ..... cloth from other lands A) Imported. B) Energy. C) Marke. D) Exported. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imported. ← 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