This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > History > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 33 (36 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The pressure created by expanding steam is channeled into a cylinder, where it: A) Generates heat. B) Is released with a loud noise. C) Forcefully pushes a piston into motion. D) Turns into mud. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Forcefully pushes a piston into motion. 2. The factory was once used to ..... clothing. A) Manufacture. B) Simplify. C) Boycott. D) Commemorate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manufacture. 3. When did the Industrial Revolution start and end? A) 1750-1900. B) 1700-1900. C) 1725-1895. D) 1730-1925. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1750-1900. 4. In the early 1800s, English chemist Michael Faraday helped increase productivity during the Industrial Revolution with what invention? A) Steam engine. B) Spinning jenny. C) Dynamo. D) Light bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dynamo. 5. What change in production occurred during the Industrial Revolution? A) Goods made slowly by hand. B) Goods made in small family workshops. C) Goods mass-produced using machines. D) No increase in production speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goods mass-produced using machines. 6. This reformer fought for better working conditions, particularly for miners. A) Andrew Carnegie. B) Samuel Gompers. C) Wright brothers. D) Mary Harris Jones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mary Harris Jones. 7. What were the main forms of transport in the 1700s? A) Steam engine, horse, barge. B) Horse, carriage, sail ship. C) Sail ship, tram, bicycle. D) Horse, sail ship, tram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horse, carriage, sail ship. 8. What was one environmental impact of the Industrial Revolution? A) Less deforestation. B) More pollution from factories. C) Decrease in use of natural resources. D) Cleaner air. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More pollution from factories. 9. How does a steam engine provide energy? A) Burning coal boils water producing steam which builds up pressure to drive a piston. B) Mr. Foran, you dummy. Steam engines do not provide energy. C) Burning coal boils water, turning a waterwheel. D) Because of the Laws of Thermodynamics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Burning coal boils water producing steam which builds up pressure to drive a piston. 10. Why did large numbers of people begin to move to cities with factories? A) They wanted to be closer to the government. B) They moved there to find work. C) That is where they always lived. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They moved there to find work. 11. How long did most unskilled laborers work? A) 10 hours a day, six days a week. B) 12 hours a day, seven days a week. C) 12 hours a day, six days a week. D) 10 hours a day, seven days a week. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10 hours a day, six days a week. 12. He built homes for workers, opened a school for children, and treated employees well. A) Karl Marx. B) Robert Owen. C) Eli Whitney. D) Adam Smith. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Robert Owen. 13. Which definition best describes the concept of continuity and change? A) Some things stay the same for around 100 years and then they adapt and change. B) The way in which certain individuals or events are considered to be of greater significance. C) It is the cause of an event and the effect that this has. D) Some things stay the same while other things change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some things stay the same while other things change. 14. What were some of the changes made by the invention of the telegraph? A) Wizard games, always wizard games. B) Settlement expanded further west. C) Business could communicate faster and more efficient. D) Farmers could plow difficult soils. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Business could communicate faster and more efficient. 15. Textile refers to which of the following? A) Metal tools produced in factories. B) Printed newspapers circulated among workers. C) Agricultural products shipped to cities. D) Any type of woven cloth or fabric; this was the first industry to industrialize. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Any type of woven cloth or fabric; this was the first industry to industrialize. 16. The term 'Labour unions' means: A) The high-volume, low-cost manufacture of identical items through the use of specialization and interchangeable parts. B) An organization that brings together workers to fight for better wages and working conditions. C) An economic system in which a land, resources, and companies are owned by the state. D) A form of protest in which workers refuse to work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An organization that brings together workers to fight for better wages and working conditions. 17. The ruling class, as termed by Karl Marx A) Proletariat. B) Blacklist. C) Communist. D) Bourgeoisie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bourgeoisie. 18. Which of the following descriptions of the social conditions during the Industrial Revolution is correct? A) No one was willing to hire women for work. B) Workers needed to spend a lot of time in travelling to the workplace. C) Child workers usually got higher salary because only they were able to get in narrow tunnels to transport coal. D) There was a wealth disparity in society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There was a wealth disparity in society. 19. After 1500, Europe's population A) Grew. B) Moved from the city to the country. C) Stayed the same. D) Declined. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grew. 20. Means business should operate without government interference A) Bourgeoisie. B) Marxism. C) Proletariat. D) Laissez-faire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Laissez-faire. 21. How did the industrial revolution begin? A) James Watt's invention of the steam engine. B) Wheatstone's invention of the telegraph. C) A. Bell's invention of the telephone. D) George Stephenson's invention of the steam train. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Watt's invention of the steam engine. 22. What was one result of the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain? A) Poor farmers had greater access to markets across the British Empire. B) Ordinary British families had income to spend on manufactured goods. C) New crops replaced traditional staples in the British diet. D) Innovations in livestock science improved British husbandry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ordinary British families had income to spend on manufactured goods. 23. What was a typical form of transportation before the Industrial Revolution? A) Animals. B) Railroad. C) Automobile. D) Steamboat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animals. 24. Robert Fulton built the first successful steamship. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. How did Samuel Slater impact the Industrial Revolution? A) He invented the Steam Engine. B) He started the Industrial Revolution in England. C) He invented the Spinning Jenny. D) He took the idea of factories to America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He took the idea of factories to America. 26. Which of the following sentences if NOT true of the transcontinental railroad? A) The railroad led to a more rust-resistant metal. B) Railroads provided rapid transportation of people, materials, and finished products. C) New towns sprang up along railroad lines. D) Railroads had a great demand for iron, coal, steel, lumber, and glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The railroad led to a more rust-resistant metal. 27. True or False:Both Thomas Newcomen and James Watt contributed to the success of the steam engine becoming an important power source. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. In his "Iron Law of Wages, " which British economist claimed that the poor had little chance to escape poverty? A) Adam Smith. B) Thomas Malthus. C) David Ricardo. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) David Ricardo. 29. Where is the "birthplace" of Revolution? A) England. B) France. C) The USA. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 30. During industrialization, an economy changes from farming to ..... A) Iron and steel production. B) Manufacturing. C) Cattle Ranching. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Manufacturing. 31. John Kay's flying shuttle made it possible to do what? A) Weavers could produce cloth faster. B) Cotton bolls were processed faster. C) Workers could fly to work. D) Use steam to power machines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weavers could produce cloth faster. 32. After the factories making cloth switched from water to ..... power they produced goods even faster. A) Steam. B) Electric. C) Wind. D) Solar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steam. 33. The first factories were textile mills which produced this. A) Furniture. B) Jewelry. C) Cotton cloth. D) Wool cloth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton cloth. 34. Which of these transportation systems was the FIRST to be redesigned and improved in Britain's transport revolution? A) Canals. B) Roads. C) Railways. D) Bridges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Roads. 35. What was the major impact of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin? A) Congress was inspired to pass laws outlawing slavery. B) Support grew for the abolitionist movement. C) The profits from book sales funded early labor organizations. D) The Supreme Court overturned fugitive slave laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support grew for the abolitionist movement. 36. Which invention by James Watt significantly improved the efficiency of steam engines during the Industrial Revolution? A) The spinning jenny. B) The power loom. C) The steam engine. D) The flying shuttleTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The steam engine. ← PreviousRelated 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