This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to historians, who was the typical worker in the mid-nineteenth century? A) Craftsperson and labourer. B) Machine operator. C) Unskilled labour. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Craftsperson and labourer. 2. What did rulers do to support scientific and technological knowledge during the Industrial Revolution? A) Supported scientists. B) Opposed new discoveries. C) Ignored scientists. D) Banned experiments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Supported scientists. 3. What were the effects of Industrialisation on 18th C Europe? A) Wealth increased. B) Classes shifted. C) Nations began assuming National Identities. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 4. What did the industrial revolution fundamentally change? A) Social, political, and economic life. B) Economic life only. C) Political life only. D) Social life only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social, political, and economic life. 5. Dwarkanath Tagore was a/an? A) Philanthropist. B) Educationist. C) Social reformer. D) Industrialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrialist. 6. In the beginning of 19 century there were not more than ..... steam engines over england A) 231. B) 321. C) 232. D) 233. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 321. 7. Why didn't the technological changes spread dramatically across the industrial landscape? A) Merchants were not interested. B) It was difficult to learn and train staff for new technology. C) New technology was expensive and merchants and industrialists were cautious about using it. D) There were little resources for damage control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New technology was expensive and merchants and industrialists were cautious about using it. 8. The dawn of the century was written by A) E.T.Paull. B) Richard Paul. C) Richard Johnson. D) Johnson movie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) E.T.Paull. 9. Dwarkanath Tagore was alan A) Philanthropist. B) Educationist. C) Social reformer. D) Industrialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Industrialist. 10. The Mexican revolutionaries won independence from ..... in 1821 (fill in the blank) A) Peru. B) England. C) Spain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spain. 11. Where was the first Indian Jute mill set up? A) Bengal. B) Bombay. C) Madras. D) Bihar. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bengal. 12. Who modified the steam engine? A) Thomas Newcomen. B) James Watt. C) John Kay. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) James Watt. 13. In the late 18th century which country did the upcoming indian Businessman gain maximum profit from? A) England. B) Burma. C) China. D) Ceylon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 14. What happened when the cotton industries developed in England in the 1850s onward? A) Manchester goods had to be sold in Britain, these goods were to be exported to India as well, import from India declined. B) English goods were not being sold in England due to quality problems. C) Demand for Indian textiles was more than Manchester goods. D) Cotton industry was flooded in England, giving way to cheap products. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manchester goods had to be sold in Britain, these goods were to be exported to India as well, import from India declined. 15. The first Indian jute mill was setup in India by A) Dadabhai naoroji. B) Seth hukumchand. C) GD Birla. D) Uday Kotak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seth hukumchand. 16. When the Manchester came to India what happen to the Indian weavers A) The export market collapsed. B) The local markets shrink. C) Both a and b. D) None of this. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both a and b. 17. 8) Ordinary and small innovations were the basis of growth in many ..... sectors such as ..... A) Non-mechanised. B) Mechanised. C) Both (a) and (b). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non-mechanised. 18. What was a negative effect of the Steam Engine during the Industrial Revolution? A) Shifted production from big factories to small factories. B) Concentration of population in rural areas. C) Led to pollution. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Led to pollution. 19. What did the Manchester label say? A) Made in England. B) Made in UK. C) Made in Manchester. D) Made in Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made in Manchester. 20. As Surat and Hoogly ports in India decayed, ..... and ..... ports grew in India. A) Bombay and Calcutta. B) Madras and Bombay. C) Calcutta and Madras. D) Masulipatnam and Calcutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombay and Calcutta. 21. Which regions benefited from the fly shuttle equipment? A) Travancore, Madras, Mysore, Cochin, Bengal. B) Bombay. C) Gujrat. D) Pune. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Travancore, Madras, Mysore, Cochin, Bengal. 22. Who discovered the Steam Engine? A) James Watt. B) Thomas Newcomen. C) Eli Whitney. D) James Hargreaves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thomas Newcomen. 23. 5) Growing at a rapid pace, ..... was the leading sector in the first phase of industrialisation up to the 1840s. A) Shipping. B) Mineral industry. C) Cotton. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton. 24. ..... on the Coromandel Coast and had trade links with Southeast Asian ports. A) Masulipatam. B) Calicut. C) Mangalore. D) Paradip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Masulipatam. 25. Where did industrialization take place? A) France. B) Russia. C) Germany. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 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