This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An imperialist country take control over ..... A) RAW MATERIALS. B) OTHER COUNTRIES. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) OTHER COUNTRIES. 2. Who was famous for being a reformer of education? A) Samuel Cornish. B) Horace Mann. C) Frederick Douglass. D) Susan B. Anthony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Horace Mann. 3. Which economic theory advocates that the government should be hands-off and not regulate business? A) Socialism. B) Communism. C) Laissez-Faire Capitalism. D) Mercantilism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laissez-Faire Capitalism. 4. During the 1700s, the percentage of Europeans living in towns or cities was about ..... A) 25%. B) 10%. C) 50%. D) 80%. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25%. 5. The total employees working at Lowell Mills were ..... A) Women. B) Men. C) Both A & B. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A & B. 6. Thomas Edison held over ..... different patents A) 100. B) 500. C) 1, 000. D) 5, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1, 000. 7. What was the second major union in the United States that is still active today? A) The American Federation of Teachers (AFT). B) The United Mine Workers (UMWA). C) The American Federation of Labor (AFL). D) The Teamsters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The American Federation of Labor (AFL). 8. Which of the following was a key factor in the success of the Industrial Revolution? A) The decrease in population. B) The availability of natural resources like coal and iron. C) The reduction in trade with other countries. D) The lack of technological innovation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The availability of natural resources like coal and iron. 9. The process of moving from an agricultural society, in which most goods are handmade, to a society that thrives on machine-manufactured goods A) Textile. B) Economy. C) Industrialization. D) Technology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Industrialization. 10. How did Britain's overseas colonies contribute to industrialization? A) Provided raw materials to use. B) Chance to try new farming techniques. C) Slaves in colonies built new machines. D) Provided labour power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Provided raw materials to use. 11. What powered the machines in the early factories of the Industrial Revolution? A) Steam and electricity. B) Solar energy. C) Electricity. D) Batteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Steam and electricity. 12. Match the description with the correct inventor:In 1844, he sent the first electric telegraph message. A) Eli Whitney. B) Cyrus McCormick. C) Elias Howe. D) Samuel F.B. Morse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Samuel F.B. Morse. 13. What was the ptoblem with child labor during the Industrial Revolution? A) Children were not working at all. B) Children were paid high wages. C) Children were being exploited and taken advantage of. D) Children were given proper education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Children were being exploited and taken advantage of. 14. The Spinning (a) was invented by James Hargreaves A) A. Jenny. B) Mule. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Jenny. 15. A large building in which machinery is used to manufacture goods. A) Factory. B) Industrialization. C) Urbanization. D) Crop Rotation. E) Stock. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Factory. 16. Which of the following was not a result of the British Industrial revolution A) Population increase. B) Abundance in capital resources. C) The locomotive. D) High demand for jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abundance in capital resources. 17. One of the positive effects of the Industrial Revolution is: A) Creating more jobs for people. B) Reducing the possibility of wars. C) Improve diplomatic relations between countries. D) Increase nationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Creating more jobs for people. 18. Which of the following was a key idea in the free market system? A) Protect the nation's industries from foreign competition. B) Establish minimum wages and maximum working hours. C) Give government complete control of the means of production. D) Refuse to interfere in any economic matters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Establish minimum wages and maximum working hours. 19. Children were employed in the factories, because they were ..... A) Strong. B) Intelligent. C) Cheap. D) Naughty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cheap. 20. 1)The major factors of production are owned by the public and operate for the welfare of all.2) System in which the people as a whole rather than private individuals own all property and operate all business A) Capitalism. B) Communism. C) Mercantilism. D) Socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socialism. 21. Due to inventions like the seed drill, which made planting crops easier and faster, farmers migrated to the cities. What was an effect of inventions like the seed drill? A) The farmers moved to the United States to farm. B) The machines turned into robots and took over land in Great Britain. C) The farmers needed more work and hired more people to work the land. D) Farmers lost their jobs and moved into industrial jobs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farmers lost their jobs and moved into industrial jobs. 22. How did Samuel Morse's best-known innovation contribute to U.S. growth and development? A) It enabled instantaneous long-distance transmission of information. B) It allowed manufactured goods to be produced at lower cost. C) It boosted the speed of cross-country mail delivery. D) It increased national unity by reducing sectional differences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It enabled instantaneous long-distance transmission of information. 23. What was the typical size of communities before the Industrial Revolution? A) Large cities like London. B) Small villages with a few hundred people. C) Medium-sized towns with a few thousand people. D) People mostly lived alone in the wilderness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small villages with a few hundred people. 24. Which of the following was NOT a result of the Enclosure Acts? A) Cities grew. B) Less food grown. C) More food grown. D) Small farmers quit. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less food grown. 25. The invention of the telephone provided job opportunities for women in what field? A) Sewing. B) Flight control. 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