This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 11 > Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution – Quiz 73 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 History Chapter 10 The Industrial Revolution Quiz 73 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. People started to move from ..... to work in the ..... because they offered more and better paid work. A) A big city life; the agriculture. B) An agriculture based life; marines. C) An agricultural based life; factories. D) A big city life; factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An agricultural based life; factories. 2. This perios started in this century ..... A) XX. B) XIX. C) XVIII. D) X. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) XVIII. 3. Urbanization refers to the growth of A) Agriculture. B) Rural population. C) Cities. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cities. 4. What was a major consequence of the mechanization of labor during the Industrial Revolution? A) Decrease in child labor. B) Tedious and sometimes dangerous factory work. C) Improved working conditions. D) Increased wages for all workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tedious and sometimes dangerous factory work. 5. Person who undertakes risks to establish a business A) Entrepreneur. B) Industrializationist. C) Capitalist. D) Marxist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Entrepreneur. 6. Which invention significantly impacted the textile industry? A) The sewing machine. B) The plow. C) The cotton gin. D) The steam engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The cotton gin. 7. The Industrial Revolution started in ..... A) Great Britain. B) The United States. C) Spain. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Great Britain. 8. Steam ..... were developed in Britain in the 1700s. A) Textile. B) Factories. C) Locomotives. D) Markets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Locomotives. 9. He is the inventor of the telegraph? A) James Watt is the inventor of the telegraph. B) Charles Wheatstone is the inventor of the telegraph. C) Daven Lee is the inventor of the telegraph. D) Samuel Nadeauis the inventor of the telegraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charles Wheatstone is the inventor of the telegraph. 10. Before the Industrial Revolution, most people worked on ..... A) Farms. B) Cars. C) Mountains. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Farms. 11. A period of rapid growth in the use of machines in manufacturing and production that began in the mid-1700s A) Industrial Revolution. B) Gilded Age. C) Patent. D) Trust. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial Revolution. 12. What was the main contribution of James Watt during the Industrial Revolution? A) Telegraph. B) Steam engine. C) Morse code. D) Electric bulb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steam engine. 13. What major invention powered the First Industrial Revolution? A) The steam engine. B) Electricity. C) The computer. D) The telephone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The steam engine. 14. Where did peasants find work when they no longer were needed on farms? A) Farms. B) In other people's homes. C) Factories. D) Sailors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Factories. 15. Which business leader founded Standard Oil Company? A) J.P. Morgan. B) Thomas Edison. C) Andrew Carnegie. D) John D. Rockefeller. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John D. Rockefeller. 16. Who were often employed in the textile industry during the first century of industrialization? A) Men and unmarried women. B) Children and unmarried women. C) Men and children. D) Married women and children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Children and unmarried women. 17. What was the main consequence of the Enclosure Movement described in Industrial Revolution vocabulary? A) Creation of small communal farms owned by villages. B) Fencing off common lands into large private farms, pushing small farmers to cities. C) Expansion of subsistence farming across Europe. D) Government redistribution of land to tenant farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fencing off common lands into large private farms, pushing small farmers to cities. 18. Match the description with the correct inventor:He invented the mechanical reaper. A) Eli Whitney. B) Cyrus McCormick. C) Elias Howe. D) Samuel F.B. Morse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cyrus McCormick. 19. What did Elias Howe invent in 1846? A) Mechanical reaper. B) Steamboat. C) Clipper ship. D) Sewing machine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sewing machine. 20. What is the key difference between industrialization in Britain and in Germany? A) Germany industrialized earlier. B) Britain lacked coal. C) Germany industrialized much later. D) Britain had no factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germany industrialized much later. 21. Which of the following was NOT a reason the industrial revolution began in Britain A) Slave labour. B) Their empire. C) A vast supply of coal. D) Coastlines, ports and canals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slave labour. 22. Capitalism or Communism:Owners and consumers control production and profit. A) Capitalism. B) Communism. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Capitalism. 23. In the early 18th century, the Agricultural Revolution in Great Britain resulted in urbanization because A) Enslaved persons replaced free laborers on farms. B) Factory work strengthened extended families. C) Displaced rural workers migrated to find jobs. D) The middle class decreased in size. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Displaced rural workers migrated to find jobs. 24. The gainful employment of children below and age determined by law or custom. A) Trafficking. B) Triangle of Trade. C) Child Labor. D) Laissez-faire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Child Labor. 25. What did colonies provide during the era of colonial imperialism? A) Political stability, peace, democracy, human rights. B) Entertainment, fashion, luxury goods, art. C) Technology, education, healthcare, infrastructure. D) Raw materials, labor, food, soldiers, markets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Raw materials, labor, food, soldiers, markets. ← 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