This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the role of the jobber? A) Was a production manager. B) A finance manager. C) Employed by the business house to get new recruits. D) Sales head. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Employed by the business house to get new recruits. 2. The most dynamic industries in Britain were A) Cotton. B) Metals. C) Iron. D) Both metals and cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both metals and cotton. 3. Which region did the industrial revolution spread through after England? A) Africa. B) Western Europe. C) South America. D) Eastern Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Western Europe. 4. What was the reason behind new merchants could not set up business in the towns in Europe? A) The rules became barrier. B) Scarcity of product to start any business. C) The powerful trade guilds and urban crafts made it difficult. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The powerful trade guilds and urban crafts made it difficult. 5. By 1873 Britain was exporting iron and steel worth about £ 77 million, double the value of its ..... export. A) Meat. B) Cotton. C) Steam engines. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cotton. 6. James Watt patented the new engine in ..... A) 1765. B) 1581. C) 1681. D) 1781. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1765. 7. Which of the following statements is not true about the album cover "Dawn of the century" ? A) The painting appeared on the cover of a music book published by E.T. Pauli in 1900. B) The center of the picture represents the angel of progress, bearing the flag of the new century. C) She is gently perched on a wheel with wings, symbolizing scientific inventions. D) Her flight is taking her into the future. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is gently perched on a wheel with wings, symbolizing scientific inventions. 8. ..... products came to symbolise refinement and class. A) Machine Made. B) Handmade. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Handmade. 9. Which War caused new problems for Indian weavers? A) The American Civil War. B) First world war. C) Second world war. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The American Civil War. 10. The cotton piece goods production in India doubled between the year A) 1900-1912. B) 1914-1916. C) 1923-1936. D) 1945-1953. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1900-1912. 11. When was Elgin Mill Started? A) 1856. B) 1830. C) 1880. D) 1860. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1860. 12. The earliest factories in England came up by ..... But it was only in the late eighteenth century that the number of factories multiplied. A) 1760s. B) 1830s. C) 1730s. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1730s. 13. What impact did the First World War have on the Industrial Growth in India?i) Manchester imports into India declined, Indian mills had a vast home market to supplyii) Indian factories were called upon to supply war needs:jute bags, cloth for army uniforms, tents and leather boots, horse and mule saddlesiii) Industrial growth declinediv) there was lack of raw material and supplies A) I only. B) I and ii. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I and ii. 14. Cotton was the leading sector upto:- A) 1830. B) 1840. C) 1850. D) 1845. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1840. 15. Who improved the 'Steam Engine' produced by Newcomen? A) Marcopolo. B) Richard Arkwright. C) James Watt. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) James Watt. 16. Who is a 'stapler' in context with the chapter The Age of Industrialisation A) A person who sorts the wool according to its fibre. B) A person who gathers cloth by pleating. C) The process in which fibres, such as cotton or wool, are prepared prior to spinning. D) A person who attaches fibres to each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who sorts the wool according to its fibre. 17. Advertisements became a vehicle of the nationalist message of ..... A) Swaraj. B) Anti British. C) Swadeshi. D) Independence of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swadeshi. 18. Which of the following was one of the most biggest European Agency? A) Andrew Yule. B) Tata and co. C) Jack and Jones. D) Bretton woods. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andrew Yule. 19. The second decade of 20th century weavers using handlooms was stated as A) Fly shuttle. B) Crawling cloud. C) Cloud streaming. D) Spinning weavers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fly shuttle. 20. Why were children, rather than adults, preferred to work in mines and factories? A) Because children were considered more skilled than adults. B) Because children were paid higher wages than adults. C) Because children's small fingers could easily operate machines. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because children's small fingers could easily operate machines. 21. What is a political revolution? A) A revolution when people are unhappy about the way their government runs the country. B) A revolution when people are unhappy about the way their monarchs run their country. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A revolution when people are unhappy about the way their government runs the country. 22. The swadeshi movement led to A) Boycott of foreign goods. B) Decline in Imports. C) Increased importance of local goods. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 23. Which state replaces Surat and Hooghly? A) Bombay and Orissa. B) Bombay and Calcutta. C) Masulipatam and Calcutta. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bombay and Calcutta. 24. The first symbol of the new era was ..... Its production boomedin the late nineteenth century A) Cotton. B) Wool. C) Gold. D) Metals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cotton. 25. The amount of cotton imported by the England in 1787 is A) 2.5 million. B) 22 million. C) 43 million. D) 8 million. 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