This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The first symbol of the new era was ..... Its production boomedin the late nineteenth century A) Metals. B) Wool. C) Cotton. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton. 2. The amount of cotton imported by the England in 1787 is A) 8 million. B) 22 million. C) 43 million. D) 2.5 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 22 million. 3. What persuaded new merchants to move from urban areas to countryside A) Urban Crafts. B) Trade Guilds. C) Trade Embargoes. D) Both A and B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and B. 4. ..... on the Gujarat coast connected India to the Gulf and the Red Sea Ports. A) Okha. B) Porbandar. C) Surat. D) Kandla. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Surat. 5. Which commodity was exported to china? A) Jute. B) Iron and steel. C) Opium. D) Indigo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opium. 6. Which natural resources were crucial for many industries in England during the Industrial Revolution? A) Gold and Silver. B) Copper and Zinc. C) Iron and Coal. D) Diamonds and Gemstones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron and Coal. 7. The steam engine was introduced in the year A) 1883. B) 1941. C) 1849. D) 1761. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1761. 8. What kinds of production demanded seasonal labour? A) Steel and iron. B) Cotton and textiles. C) Handmade goods. D) Gas works and breweries, in cold months; Bookbinders and printers before Christmas; Ship repairs during winter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gas works and breweries, in cold months; Bookbinders and printers before Christmas; Ship repairs during winter. 9. Were the new industries easily able to displace traditional industries? A) Yes the new industry took over easily. B) No, a large portion of the output was produced not within factories, but outside, within domestic units. C) The new industry dominated most sectors. D) The new industry partially managed to make place for itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No, a large portion of the output was produced not within factories, but outside, within domestic units. 10. In which century, the exports of British cotton goods increased dramatically? A) 19th century. B) 20th century. C) 17th century. D) 18th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19th century. 11. What was the main reason for the stability of England during the Industrial Revolution? A) Geographical separation from wars. B) Lack of resources. C) Political unrest. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Geographical separation from wars. 12. What does Aladdin represent? A) East and the past. B) West and modernity. C) People from Oriental World. D) Both A and C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both A and C. 13. In mid-nineteenth-century Britain, for instance, 500 varieties of hammers were produced and 45 kinds of axes. These required A) Mechanical technology, not human skill. B) Human skill, not mechanical technology. C) Both human skill and the mechanical technology. D) Nor the human skill or neither the mechanical technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human skill, not mechanical technology. 14. In Victorian Britain, who were the upper classes- A) The aristocrats and the bourgeoisie. B) The aristocrats and the rich merchants. C) The bourgeoisie and the rich merchants. D) Rich merchants and the industrial owner. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The aristocrats and the rich merchants. 15. Houseless and hungry painting was done by A) Nicholson. B) James hargreaves. C) William Bell Scott. D) Samuel Luke fides. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samuel Luke fides. 16. One important cause of the American Revolution was ..... (fill in the blank) A) British taxation. B) British accents. C) French taxation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British taxation. 17. What was the general pattern of this Industry? A) Merchants were based in towns but the work was done mostly in the countryside. B) The complete work was done in the towns. C) Factory network was built. D) All management was done in the rural area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchants were based in towns but the work was done mostly in the countryside. 18. Which technological advancement dominated Indian Handlooms? A) Spinning Jenny. B) Steam Power. C) Fly Shuttle. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fly Shuttle. 19. Invented the Steam Engine:NewcomenImproved upon the steam engine and patented it: ..... A) Richard Arkwright. B) James Hargreaves. C) James Fuller. D) James Watt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Watt. 20. .Who was the producer of the music book having a picture on the counter page entitled, Dawn of the Century?( A) Graham Bell. B) E.T. Paull. C) Jefferson. D) Elizabeth Paul. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) E.T. Paull. 21. London is known as A) Industrial sector. B) Cotton centre. C) Mill centre. D) Finishing centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Finishing centre. 22. The expansion of railways helped in expansion of which of the following industries? A) Cotton and Metal. B) Iron and steel. C) Mining. D) Wooden. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton and Metal. 23. How did the mill owners organize the recruitment of workers? A) Family members of the owners were recruited. B) Jobbers were recruited. C) Selection team was organised. D) Skills assessment was done. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jobbers were recruited. 24. By 1873 Britain was exporting iron and steel ..... the value of its cotton export. A) Double. B) Same. C) Triple. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Double. 25. Which were the non mechanical sectors that were coming up? A) Building, pottery. B) Food processing. C) Food processing, building, pottery, glass work, tanning, furniture making. D) Hand made goods such as embroidery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food processing, building, pottery, glass work, tanning, furniture making. 26. Who had the absolute power in France? A) Nobles. B) Monarchy. C) Church. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monarchy. 27. England could fight her enemies because she was ..... A) Greater. B) Stronger. C) Economically stable. D) Culturally stable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Economically stable. 28. Which British officer said the demand for Indian textile could never decrease as other nations could not produce the textile goods of comparable quality? A) William IV. B) James Wattler. C) Henry Patullo. D) Mathew Boulton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry Patullo. 29. Which indian industrialist setup the first jute mill. A) GD BIRLA. B) DINSHAW PETIT. C) SETH HUKUMCHAND. D) DADA NAROJI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SETH HUKUMCHAND. 30. What was the result of British policies on traditional handicraft industries in India? A) Forced them to modernize and expand. B) Forced them to close down. C) Led to their growth and prosperity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forced them to close down. 31. What was the possibility of getting a job with such abundance of labour in the cities? A) Jobs were given on the basis of merit and artistry of the jobseeker. B) A jodepended on existing networks of friendship and kin relations in the factory. C) Jobs were given, if you were registered with a particular factory. D) First come, first serve basis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A jodepended on existing networks of friendship and kin relations in the factory. 32. What did nations begin assuming due to industrialization? A) National identities. B) Local identities. C) Regional identities. D) International identities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National identities. 33. London in fact came to be known as a ..... before the cloth was sold in the international market A) Trade centre. B) Manufacturing centre. C) Finishing Centre. D) Work centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finishing Centre. 34. What was the main component of the domestic system of production before industrialization? A) Steam energy. B) Solar power. C) Human labour. D) Electricity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human labour. 35. What problems did the cotton weavers face in India? A) They were forced to close down their production. B) Export market collapsed, and the local market shrank, being glutted with Manchester machine made cheap imports. C) Handmade goods took longer to make as compared to Manchester imports. D) They could not get sufficient supply of raw cotton of good quality after the American civil war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Export market collapsed, and the local market shrank, being glutted with Manchester machine made cheap imports. 36. True or False:Beginning of Industries is same as establishment of First Factories A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 37. The demand for iron and Steel in industries increase rapidly because of A) Expansion in railways and colonies. B) Increase in labour. C) Increase in cotton industries. D) Expansion of technologies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expansion in railways and colonies. 38. Which of the following countries faced labour shortage in the nineteenth century? A) America. B) Britain. C) Germany. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) America. 39. Which country was yarn mainly exported to? A) Japan. B) Britain. C) China. D) Burma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 40. What was the Enclosure Movement in England during the Industrial Revolution? A) A movement to promote traditional farming methods. B) A movement to increase taxes. C) A movement to reduce population. D) A movement to take back land from small farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A movement to take back land from small farmers. 41. A variety of Indian merchants and bankers were involved in this network of export trade- A) Financing production, carrying goods and supplying exporters. B) Financing production, carrying exporters and supplying goods. C) Financing goods, carrying and supplying products. D) Carrying and supplying goods and producing good products. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Financing production, carrying goods and supplying exporters. 42. The ports of Surat and Hoogly decayed in the A) Nineteenth century. B) Eighteenth century. C) Seventeenth century. D) Sixteenth century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seventeenth century. 43. What other images were used on the calendars? A) Landscapes. B) Models. C) Pictures of nawabs and emperors. D) Sculptures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pictures of nawabs and emperors. 44. Who created the cotton mill? A) James Watt. B) Samual Luck. C) Richard Arkwright. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard Arkwright. 45. The East India company trapped weavers by giving A) Higher official position. B) Loans. C) Jobs. D) Funds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loans. 46. True or False:Aladdin uses modern tools and weaves a new magic:builds bridges, ships, towers and high-rise buildings. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 47. The demand for Indian textiles could never reduced who said this A) Henry patullo. B) Samuh wale feeders. C) Nicholson. D) William McDowell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry patullo. 48. Before the age of the machine industry, where did the finer varieties of silk and cotton goods come from? A) Rome. B) Egypt. C) India. D) Persia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 49. What was the main aim of factory owners during the Industrial Revolution? A) Improving working conditions. B) Increasing profits. C) Providing job security to workers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increasing profits. 50. Manchester made goods were advertised in Indian Market through A) Buyers. B) Suppliers. C) Labels. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Labels. 51. The person who got people from village, ensured them jobs, helped them settle in cities was known as: A) Gomasthas. B) Jobber. C) Fuller. D) Stapler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jobber. 52. .... and ..... were especially busy through the cold months. A) Gas works and Industrial works. B) Market works and breweries. C) Gas works and breweries. D) Industrial workers and Industry work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gas works and breweries. 53. Who produced music book that Dawn of the Century? A) New Comen. B) James Watt. C) E. T. Paul. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) E. T. Paul. 54. What was the impact of better machines during the Industrial Revolution? A) Added more comfort. B) Increased living standards. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both. 55. After the war, was Manchester able to recapture its old position in the Indian market? A) Yes. B) Yes, later after a few years. C) No, the economy of Britain crumbled after the war. Cotton production collapsed and exports of cotton cloth from Britain fell dramatically. D) Indians welcomed the Manchester imports. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, the economy of Britain crumbled after the war. Cotton production collapsed and exports of cotton cloth from Britain fell dramatically. 56. Name the cotton mill present in London in the year 1925 A) The great England cotton mill. B) The dawn of cotton industry. C) The flourishment of cotton industry. D) A Lancashire cotton mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A Lancashire cotton mill. 57. Did the American colonists have any representatives in Parliament? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 58. The model of real gripe water in India is God A) Shiva. B) Vishnu. C) Brahma. D) Krishna. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Krishna. 59. Currently the handlooms are found in India in which place A) Assam. B) Sikkim. C) Uttarakhand. D) Himachal Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Himachal Pradesh. 60. What was the effect of expansion of banking and credit facilities during the Industrial Revolution? A) Increased circulation of money. B) Decreased circulation of money. C) Led to economic recession. D) None of the above. 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