This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 21 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The workers (3) were people who did not have wealth. They decided to emigrate to cities to work.Another name for them are ..... A) Proletarians. B) Professionals. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proletarians. 2. What was the population of Merthyr Tydfil by 1861? A) 22, 000. B) 51, 949. C) 46, 378. D) 56, 934. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 51, 949. 3. Who were Luddites? A) Factory workers who wanted to strike. B) British workers who violently objected to textile mechanization. C) British sweepers who danced on rooftops. D) British weavers who enjoyed working in factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British workers who violently objected to textile mechanization. 4. Just over 200 years ago, most people A) Lived in the country & worked on farms. B) Lived in the city and worked in factories. C) Lived by the ocean and went fishing. D) Lived near mountains and dug for metals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lived in the country & worked on farms. 5. The workers should own the means of production fits best with: A) Captialism. B) Socialism. C) Communism. D) Feudalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Communism. 6. Which of the following was NOT one of the many uses of the steam engines during the Industrial Revolution? A) To power trains. B) To power factories. C) To power airplanes. D) To power ships. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To power airplanes. 7. The period called Enlightenment is notable by A) People going to big cities to live. B) People going to the country to live. C) People asking less questions about the way the worls worked, not regarding science. D) People asking more questions about the way the world worked, based on science. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People asking more questions about the way the world worked, based on science. 8. Antitrust laws such as the Sherman Antitrust Act were passed by Congress in an effort to A) Decrease low-priced imported goods. B) Encourage more immigration. C) Regulate the power of big business and limit monopolies. D) Provide safer consumer goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regulate the power of big business and limit monopolies. 9. The growth of cities and the migration of people into them A) Factory. B) Industrialization. C) Urbanization. D) Crop Rotation. E) Stock. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Urbanization. 10. What is the best definition of the Industrial Revolution? A) A time when people started using machines and factories to make things. B) A time when people started making things by hand. C) A time when people moved to farms. D) A time when people started farming more. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A time when people started using machines and factories to make things. 11. The process in which major technological advances were made from about 1750-1900s. A) Socialism. B) Industrial Revolution. C) Capitalism. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrial Revolution. 12. New machines for farm work meant that many workers A) Lost their jobs. B) Learned how to use the machines. C) Would repair the machines. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lost their jobs. 13. So many people moved to the city so quickly that A) There weren't enough houses, and everything was dirty and polluted. B) People were happy to be so close to each other. C) The city made room for everyone. D) All the different groups of people got along. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) There weren't enough houses, and everything was dirty and polluted. 14. Which man thought it was the responsibility of the wealthy to use their money to make improvements to society, such as libraries? A) Andrew Carnegie. B) John D. Rockefeller. C) Thomas Edison. D) J.P. Morgan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andrew Carnegie. 15. This economic system was created as a reaction to unequal distribution of wealth among workers. A) Capitalism. B) Communism. C) Manorialism. D) Free market system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Communism. 16. An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working conditions and higher wages. A) Middle Class. B) Corporation. C) Strike. D) Industrial Revolution. E) Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Union. 17. The term 'Industrial Revolution' means: A) The period from beginning in the late 1700s, a period in which mechanical power replaced muscle power for the production of goods. B) Negotiations between employers and employees concerning wages and working conditions. C) The high-volume, low-cost manufacture of identical items through the use of specialization and interchangeable parts. D) Complete control by one company of the production and/or the supply of a good. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The period from beginning in the late 1700s, a period in which mechanical power replaced muscle power for the production of goods. 18. What were the effects of the Second Industrial Revolution on workers' rights and conditions? A) It resulted in better working conditions, reduced hours, and increased wages for workers. B) It had no significant effect on workers' rights and conditions. C) It led to the abolition of labor unions and workers' rights. D) It caused deteriorating working conditions, extended hours, and lower wages for workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It caused deteriorating working conditions, extended hours, and lower wages for workers. 19. The two natural resources that England had a lot of were A) Iron and diamonds. B) Piss oak and red oak. C) Diamonds and silk. D) Coal and iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Coal and iron. 20. How did J.P. Morgan make his fortune? A) He partnered with companies that were in trouble and helped them succeed. B) He sold innovations, like the assembly line, to troubled companies. C) He bought companies that were in trouble for a cheap price. D) He created banks only for the wealthy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He bought companies that were in trouble for a cheap price. 21. Who developed the first commercially successful steamboat operation? A) Samuel Slater. B) Thomas Edison. C) Henry Ford. D) Eli Whitney. E) Robert Fulton. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Robert Fulton. 22. What was an achievement of Benjamin Disraeli? A) He wrote the Communist Manifesto. B) He passed laws to help working people. C) He abolished private property. D) He created New Harmony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He passed laws to help working people. 23. How did mass immigration affect modern society during the Industrial Revolution? A) Mass immigration caused little change as most immigrants moved back to their home country. B) Mass immigration caused a cultural diffusion as people established homes in new countries. C) Mass immigration caused countries to become more isolated as people moved within cities. D) Mass immigration caused an decrease in the urban population as people moved to farms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mass immigration caused a cultural diffusion as people established homes in new countries. 24. How did the Industrial Revolution impact society? A) Society became more agrarian with more farms. B) Society became stronger because they did more manual labor. C) Society became smarter due to all the knowledge that was spread. D) Society became more industrialized with machines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Society became more industrialized with machines. 25. To improve their balance of trade with China, the British sold the Chinese- A) Porcelain. B) Opium. C) Tea. D) Silk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Opium. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 8Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 9Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books