This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 39 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Industrial Revolution was a change from A) Rich to poor. B) East to west. C) Happy to sad. D) Farm life, to city life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Farm life, to city life. 2. Which invention of the 1800's did NOT contribute to the rise of big business? A) Bicycle. B) Railroad. C) Electric lighting. D) Telephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bicycle. 3. What was the movement of people from rural areas to cities? A) Urbanization. B) Socialism. C) Industrialism. D) Utilitarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Urbanization. 4. What were living conditions like in the city during the Industrial Revolution? A) Spacious, with plenty of room for everyone. B) Poor, with overcrowded housing, lack of sanitation, and pollution. C) Comfortable, with modern amenities and healthy living conditions. D) Clean, with excellent sanitation and no pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poor, with overcrowded housing, lack of sanitation, and pollution. 5. What country was the first to Industrialize? A) France. B) The United States. C) Great Britain. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Great Britain. 6. How did the Industrial Revolution affect children? A) Most children attended private boarding schools. B) Many children as young as five worked in factories or mines. C) Children often had to work on family farms or in family shops during school holidays. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Many children as young as five worked in factories or mines. 7. Comparing to roads canals have less advantages. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. Which of the following BEST explains the physical impact of child labor A) Children were losing limbs and lives. B) Children did not get an education. C) Children did not have any social skills. D) Children were working long hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Children were losing limbs and lives. 9. Which is NOT a reason for rise and prosperity of big business? A) Captains of industry. B) Advertising. C) Advancements in transportation created national markets. D) Higher production costs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Higher production costs. 10. Which of the following is a true statement about The Industrial Revolution? A) Many farmers left rural areas and moved to cities during the Industrial Revolution. B) Most farmers stayed in rural areas during the Industrial Revolution. C) Farmers were making excellent money off of their crops during this time. D) There were no factory jobs to be found during this time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Many farmers left rural areas and moved to cities during the Industrial Revolution. 11. Britain's ..... industry produced cloth A) Profit. B) Locomotive. C) Investors. D) Textile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Textile. 12. Proletariat A) Upper class. B) Middle class. C) Working class. D) Elite class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Working class. 13. What was one problem with sailing ships? A) Required wind. B) Could not go against currents. C) None of the above. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 14. When people started using powered machines to do work, this resulted in a new economic system called: A) The Machine Economy. B) Industrialism. C) Mechanization. D) Absolathimechagodzilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industrialism. 15. Western powers wanted to take over foreign lands because- A) They needed new places to get natural resources. B) They wanted new markets to sell their goods. C) Ships needed places around the world to refuel. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 16. Which of these is not an invention of Thomas Edison? A) Light bulb. B) Telephone. C) Phonograph. D) Motion picture camera. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Telephone. 17. The steam engine was used to A) Transport the coal from one place to another. B) Power the factories and pump out the deeper mines. C) Power up lights on the city houses. D) Transport food. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Power the factories and pump out the deeper mines. 18. Which industry made John D. Rockefeller the richest man in America? A) Oil. B) Steel. C) Coal. D) Railroads. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oil. 19. ..... is a tine line of cotton used to make clothing. A) Spinning wheel. B) Thread. C) Cotton. D) Industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thread. 20. The Industrial Revolution saw people start building things with what? A) Machines. B) By Hand. C) Tools. D) Robots. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Machines. 21. Which option explains what a Strike is in labor relations? A) A violent uprising against the government. B) The refusal of all workers in a union to work until their demands are met. C) An agreement between owners and workers to reduce hours. D) A law that sets minimum wages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The refusal of all workers in a union to work until their demands are met. 22. The improvement of farming techniques from the ..... led to a population boom. A) Enlightenment. B) French Revolution. C) Agricultural Revolution. D) Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agricultural Revolution. 23. When did the Industrial Revolution begin in earnest in Britain? A) 1700s. B) 1830s and 1840s. C) Early 20th century. D) Late 19th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1830s and 1840s. 24. Communism, as defined here, is: A) A moderate reform movement within capitalism. B) The radical political and economic theory from Karl Marx advocating revolutionary change. C) A system of private ownership of factories with minimal regulation. D) A belief that markets should be completely free of any rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The radical political and economic theory from Karl Marx advocating revolutionary change. 25. What communication system did the telegraph use? A) Spoken language. B) Sign language. C) Morse Code. D) Edison Code. 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