This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the rate of technological changes occurring in England at the time? A) Rapid. B) Slow. C) Moderate. D) No change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slow. 2. Surat and Hoogly were replaced with A) Bombay and Orissa. B) Bombay and Calcutta. C) Masulipatanam and Calcutta. D) Calcutta and Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bombay and Calcutta. 3. What are the two cities which is used as the capital market for weavers before the entrance of East India company A) Surat and Hooghly. B) Kanpur and Bengal. C) Bombay and Kolkata. D) Surat and Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surat and Hooghly. 4. A lancasire cotton mill is painted by A) James watt. B) C.E. Turner. C) M.jackson. D) Mathrew boulton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C.E. Turner. 5. Who was Dwarkanath Tagore? A) Musician. B) Painter. C) A social reformer. D) Industrialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrialist. 6. During the Industrial Revolution period the large scale production machinery was powered by what? A) Electricity + coal engines. B) Coal engines + steam engines. C) Electricity + steam engines. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electricity + steam engines. 7. Which of the following is advantage of Advertisement A) It makes product attractive and desirable. B) Increases value of products. C) Shape the mind of people and create new needs. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 8. Who had produced a music book that had a picture on the cover page announcing the "Dawn of Century" A) E.T. Paull. B) Henry Ford. C) Charles Koch. D) Oskar Schindler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) E.T. Paull. 9. What geographical factor helped the Industrial Revolution in England? A) Humid climate. B) Frequent wars. C) Proximity to other countries. D) Political upheavals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humid climate. 10. Which one was pre-colonial port where trade was carried on? A) Calcutta. B) Bombay. C) Orissa. D) Surat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surat. 11. Railways' expansion began in England in A) 1840s. B) 1850s. C) 1820s. D) 1860s. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1850s. 12. In which year did Britian export iron and steel worth 77 million pounds A) 1875. B) 1873. C) 1874. D) 1872. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1873. 13. In the year ..... the first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production? A) 1872. B) 1875. C) 1877. D) 1874. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1874. 14. After the consolidation of East India Company power after the 1760s, did the demand for Indian textiles deline? A) Yes, they had started manufacturing their own cotton textile. B) Indian textiles were not exported from india due to high prices by Indian merchants. C) No, British cotton industries had not yet expanded and Indian fine textiles were in great demand in Europe. D) The demand had declined because it was not upto the European choice and use. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) No, British cotton industries had not yet expanded and Indian fine textiles were in great demand in Europe. 15. Who introduced the cotton mill? A) . James Watt. B) Mathew Boulton. C) Richard Arkwright. D) Henry Patullo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard Arkwright. 16. What was the impact of railways on the Indian economy? A) Increased the prices of Indian goods. B) Decreased the prices of Indian goods. C) Led to an increase in demand for Indian goods. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased the prices of Indian goods. 17. Which of the following statements are true about Gomasthas. A) In many weaving villages, there were reports of clashes between weavers and gomasthas. B) The new gomasthas were outsiders with no long-term social link with the village. C) Gomasthas had a close relationship with weavers. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 18. What do you mean by Carding? A) In weaving. B) In spinning. C) In which finishing of cloth is done. D) In which cotton or wool fibres are prepared for spinning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In which cotton or wool fibres are prepared for spinning. 19. What did coal provide the power to drive? A) Flying Shuttle. B) Steam Engines. C) Spinning Jenny. D) Water Frame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steam Engines. 20. What do you mean by 'fly shuttle'? A) A mechanical device, used by weavers, moved by means of ropes and pulleys. B) A mechanical device which increased production in factories. C) The device which places horizontal threads (the weft) into the vertical threads (the warp). D) Both a and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and c. 21. Local Merchants mostly traded with A) European countries. B) Great Britain. C) Burma and Middle East. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burma and Middle East. 22. The labours to work in the Indian cotton mill where found from A) The nearby districts. B) From England. C) From the southern part of India. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nearby districts. 23. Which country was referred to as the mother of the industrial revolution? A) Germany. B) France. C) Italy. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 24. Which two American documents inspired the French people to strive for a democracy in their own country? A) Declaration of Independence + U.S. Constitution. B) U.S. Constitution + Civil rights document. C) Declaration of Independence + U.S. amendments. D) Civil rights document + U.S. amendments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Declaration of Independence + U.S. Constitution. 25. What was used to lift coal in the mines during the Industrial Revolution? A) Plastic containers. B) Wooden buckets. C) Ropes made of grass. D) Metal cages and tubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metal cages and tubs. 26. China declined the Indian products because the flooded of A) Japanese products. B) Spain products. C) England cotton. D) Britain cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japanese products. 27. Who invented the first steam engine? A) James Watt. B) Newcomen. C) Richard Arkwright. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Newcomen. 28. Production of the Banarasi saree belongs to which state A) Banaras. B) Maharashtra. C) Punjab. D) Orrisa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Banaras. 29. Which of the following statements are true about Steam Engines? A) At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were not more than 321 steam engines all over England. B) Mathew Boulton manufactured the new model of steam engines. C) James Watt improved the steam engine produced by Newcomen and patented the new engine in 1781. D) All the above statements are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above statements are true. 30. Gas works and breweries were especially busy through the A) Christmas demand. B) Cold months. C) Summer season. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold months. 31. When did the export of Indian yarn to China declined? A) 1906. B) 1902. C) 1915. D) 1910. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1906. 32. What was the main reason for England being referred to as 'The Workshop of the World'? A) Her exports increased. B) Lack of raw materials. C) Isolation from other nations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her exports increased. 33. Whom did the British government appoint to supervise weavers collect supplies and to examine the quality of cloth? A) Jobber. B) Sepoy. C) Gomasthas. D) Policeman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gomasthas. 34. Who set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta? A) G. D. Birla. B) Seth Hukumchand. C) Dwarkanath Tagore. D) Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seth Hukumchand. 35. With the invention of the fly shuttle what was the impact on the handloom industry? A) It was not very productive. B) It needed too much training. C) Increased productivity per worker, speeded up production and reduced labour demand. D) Reduced production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased productivity per worker, speeded up production and reduced labour demand. 36. Who invented the system of Crop Rotation? A) Townshend. B) Rowland Hills. C) Guglielino Marconi. D) Alexander Graham Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Townshend. 37. In Latin America, many colonized people were inspired by which two countries' revolutions? A) French and German. B) English and French. C) United States and French. D) Russian and German. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United States and French. 38. Which of the options is a positive effect of the Industrial Revolution? A) Exposure to toxins. B) More strikes. C) Increasing wealth. D) Dangerous factory jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increasing wealth. 39. In which year Henry Patullo establish a Company? A) 1770. B) 1772. C) 1790. D) 1775. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1772. 40. Who was the Staplers and Fullers? A) Gathers cloth by pleating. B) Sorts wool according to its fibre. C) Both a and b. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 41. Nobility and church did NOT need to pay taxes and had many privileges in France A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. The first mill in India is created in which city A) Bombay. B) Kanpur. C) Madras. D) Hooghly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombay. 43. What was the impact of scientific cultivation during the Industrial Revolution? A) Increased the quality and quantity of food grains. B) Led to a decrease in food production. C) Decreased the quality and quantity of food grains. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased the quality and quantity of food grains. 44. What was the main reason for the decrease in production of crops for consumption during the British rule in India? A) Increased demand for commercial crops. B) Decreased demand for commercial crops. C) Introduction of new farming techniques. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased demand for commercial crops. 45. What did the Mule invented by Samuel Crompton do? A) Separated raw cotton from its seeds. B) Spun fine and stronger threads. C) Spun 8 threads at the same time. D) Sped back and forth on wheels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spun fine and stronger threads. 46. Which country faced labour shortage in the 19th century? A) Britain. B) America. C) France. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) America. 47. The fear of unemployment Rose among the employees because of the invention of A) Cartwheel. B) Spinning wheel. C) Steam engine. D) Spinning Jenny. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spinning Jenny. 48. How long did the French Revolution last? A) 10 seconds. B) 10 months. C) 10 years. D) 11 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10 years. 49. Who improved the steam engine A) Newcomen. B) Mathew boulton. C) James watt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James watt. 50. Who improved the steam engine produced by Newcomen and patented the new engine in 1781? A) B. Mathew Boulton. B) Henry Patullo. C) Richard Arkwright. D) James Watt. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Watt. 51. Where did England accumulate capital from for the Industrial Revolution? A) Trade with Africa. B) Trade with Australia. C) Trade with India and America. D) Trade with China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade with India and America. 52. 9) Even at the end of the nineteenth century, ..... of the total workforce was employed in technologically advanced industrial sectors. A) Less than 20 percent. B) More than 50 percent. C) More than 80 percent. D) Less than 70 percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Less than 20 percent. 53. Where is Manchester? A) UK. B) USA. C) Japan. D) Germnay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) UK. 54. Who created the cotton mill in England? A) Richard Arkwright. B) James Watt. C) Mathew Boulton. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Richard Arkwright. 55. Who invented the Coke Smelting Process? A) Eli Whitney. B) Richard Arkwright. C) Abraham Darby. D) James Hargreaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abraham Darby. 56. What change took place in 1840s England? A) Building activity intensified, new railway stations came up, railway lines were extended, tunnels dug, drainage and sewers laid, rivers embanked, more opportunity for labour. B) There wasn't much progress in the city dwelling. C) Stagnant industrial problems prevailed. D) Labour had moved away from the cities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Building activity intensified, new railway stations came up, railway lines were extended, tunnels dug, drainage and sewers laid, rivers embanked, more opportunity for labour. 57. When was two magician was published in A) 26 january 1903. B) 26 january 1904. C) 26 january 1902. D) 26 january 1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26 january 1901. 58. What was a consequence of the Policy of Imperialism among European Nations? A) Increased employment opportunities for artisans. B) Promotion of local handicraft industries. C) Loss of political freedom for colonial people. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loss of political freedom for colonial people. 59. Which of the following goods were not for sale in India? A) Cotton. B) Tea and Coffee Plantation. C) Manchester Goods. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tea and Coffee Plantation. 60. First cotton mill in Bombay came up in the year ..... and it went into production two years later? A) 1854. B) C 1852. C) 1850. D) 1851. 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