This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 4 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Handmade products came to symbolise refinement and class because ..... A) They were better finished, individually produced, and carefully designed. B) Easily available labour. C) Made for the choice of individuals. D) Not easily affordable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were better finished, individually produced, and carefully designed. 2. What was the positive effect of railways and waterways in India? A) No impact on mobility. B) Decreased mobility of people and goods. C) Increased mobility of people and goods. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased mobility of people and goods. 3. Name the position appointed by the East India company to take care of A) Security official. B) Wazir. C) Gomasthas. D) Sepoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gomasthas. 4. According to historians, who was the typical worker? A) Crafts person and labourer. B) Machine operator. C) Unskilled labourer. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crafts person and labourer. 5. Who is credited with modifying the engine and inaugurating the age of steam? A) Thomas Newcomen. B) Thomas Edison. C) James Watt. D) Arnold Toynbee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James Watt. 6. What were the main interests of the European Managing Agencies, which dominated industrial production in India? A) High profitable production. B) Tea and coffee plantations, acquiring land at cheap rates. C) Investing in mining, indigo and jute required for export trade. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 7. Name the commercial crops. A) Tea. B) Cotton. C) Coffee. D) Indigo. E) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All the above. 8. In America there was no shortage of human labour? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. What was the 3rd Pace of Industrial Change in Britain? A) The most dynamic industries in Britain were clearly cotton and metals. B) The new industries could not easily displace traditional industries. C) The pace of change in the 'traditional' industries was not set by steam-powered cotton or metal industries. D) Technological changes occurred slowly. They did not spread dramatically across the industrial landscape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The pace of change in the 'traditional' industries was not set by steam-powered cotton or metal industries. 10. Many historians refer the industrialisation phrase as A) Pre industrialisation. B) Proto industrialisation. C) Industrialisation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proto industrialisation. 11. What happened when the Spinning Jenny was introduced in the woolen industry? A) The women welcomed it very well. B) It was not able to produce in competition to labour. C) Women who survived on hand spinning began attacking the new machines. D) There was no conflict over the introduction of the jenny. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Women who survived on hand spinning began attacking the new machines. 12. What was the main reason for deindustrialization in India? A) Introduction of new technologies. B) Natural disasters. C) British policies. D) Lack of skilled labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) British policies. 13. What did scientists and discoverers focus on during the Industrial Revolution? A) Promoting outdated methods. B) Ignoring technological advancements. C) Discovering machines to reduce human work. D) Creating more manual labor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Discovering machines to reduce human work. 14. At which place did the first spinning and weaving mill set up in 1874? A) Kanpur. B) Bombay. C) Calcutta. D) Madras. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Madras. 15. Who popularized the term Industrial Revolution? A) Thomas Edison. B) Arnold Toynbee. C) James Watt. D) Thomas Newcomen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arnold Toynbee. 16. Due to the ..... , most of the workers failed to get jobs So they offered their services at lower wages. A) Lot of workers. B) Shortage of work. C) Shortage of workers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shortage of work. 17. What did the most dynamic industries in Britain produce? A) Polyester and metals. B) Jute and cotton. C) Cotton and metals. D) Furniture and food processing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cotton and metals. 18. Was the Industrial Revolution an example of a political revolution? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 19. During the famine, the production of which quality wasn't affected? A) Finer Textile. B) Coarser Textile. C) Jute. D) Opium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Finer Textile. 20. 1)Coarser cotton was produced in many countries but finer varieties camefrom A) India. B) European. C) British. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 21. What characterised the industrial landscape A) Workshops. B) Bylanes. C) Chimney billowing smoke. D) All of theses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chimney billowing smoke. 22. After the first world war the Manchester had A) Recapture the Indian market. B) Could never able to recapture. C) Flourish command industrialisation. D) Had an increased demand for the cotton industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Could never able to recapture. 23. Which Industrial entrepreneur setup the joint stock ventures in 1830s A) Rabindranath Tagore. B) Dwarkanath Tagore. C) JRD TATA. D) GD Birla. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dwarkanath Tagore. 24. The steam engine was discovered by A) Orient herbes. B) Stephen mark wright. C) James Watt. D) Amalatee bernson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James Watt. 25. What did the Coke Smelting Process replace with coal in metal foundries? A) Charcoal. B) Cotton Gin. C) Spinning Jenny. D) Water Frame. 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