This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 7 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which British officer said the demand for Indian textile could never decrease as other nations could not produce the textile goods of comparable quality? A) James Wattler. B) Henry Patullo. C) Mathew Boulton. D) William IV. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry Patullo. 2. Which war caused new problem 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. 3. Which indian industrialist setup the first jute mill. A) GD BIRLA. B) DINSHAW PETIT. C) SETH HUKUMCHAND. D) DADA NAROJI. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SETH HUKUMCHAND. 4. What was the result of British policies on traditional handicraft industries in India? A) Forced them to modernize and expand. B) Forced them to close down. C) Led to their growth and prosperity. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forced them to close down. 5. What was the possibility of getting a job with such abundance of labour in the cities? A) Jobs were given on the basis of merit and artistry of the jobseeker. B) A jodepended on existing networks of friendship and kin relations in the factory. C) Jobs were given, if you were registered with a particular factory. D) First come, first serve basis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A jodepended on existing networks of friendship and kin relations in the factory. 6. What did nations begin assuming due to industrialization? A) International identities. B) Local identities. C) National identities. D) Regional identities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) National identities. 7. London in fact came to be known as a ..... before the cloth was sold in the international market A) Trade centre. B) Finishing Centre. C) Work centre. D) Manufacturing centre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finishing Centre. 8. What was the main component of the domestic system of production before industrialization? A) Human labour. B) Steam energy. C) Electricity. D) Solar power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human labour. 9. What problems did the cotton weavers face in India? A) They were forced to close down their production. B) Export market collapsed, and the local market shrank, being glutted with Manchester machine made cheap imports. C) Handmade goods took longer to make as compared to Manchester imports. D) They could not get sufficient supply of raw cotton of good quality after the American civil war. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Export market collapsed, and the local market shrank, being glutted with Manchester machine made cheap imports. 10. True or False:Beginning of Industries is same as establishment of First Factories A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. The demand for iron and Steel in industries increase rapidly because of A) Expansion in railways and colonies. B) Increase in labour. C) Increase in cotton industries. D) Expansion of technologies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expansion in railways and colonies. 12. Which of the following countries faced labour shortage in the nineteenth century? A) America. B) Britain. C) France. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) America. 13. Which country was yarn mainly exported to? A) Burma. B) Britain. C) China. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 14. What was the Enclosure Movement in England during the Industrial Revolution? A) A movement to promote traditional farming methods. B) A movement to increase taxes. C) A movement to reduce population. D) A movement to take back land from small farmers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A movement to take back land from small farmers. 15. A variety of Indian merchants and bankers were involved in this network of export trade- A) Financing production, carrying goods and supplying exporters. B) Financing production, carrying exporters and supplying goods. C) Financing goods, carrying and supplying products. D) Carrying and supplying goods and producing good products. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Financing production, carrying goods and supplying exporters. 16. The ports of Surat and Hoogly decayed in the A) Sixteenth century. B) Seventeenth century. C) Eighteenth century. D) Nineteenth century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seventeenth century. 17. What other images were used on the calendars? A) Landscapes. B) Models. C) Pictures of nawabs and emperors. D) Sculptures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pictures of nawabs and emperors. 18. Who created the cotton mill? A) James Watt. B) Samual Luck. C) Richard Arkwright. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard Arkwright. 19. The East India company trapped weavers by giving A) Jobs. B) Loans. C) Higher official position. D) Funds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Loans. 20. True or False:Aladdin uses modern tools and weaves a new magic:builds bridges, ships, towers and high-rise buildings. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 21. The demand for Indian textiles could never reduced who said this A) Henry patullo. B) Nicholson. C) Samuh wale feeders. D) William McDowell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry patullo. 22. Before the age of the machine industry, where did the finer varieties of silk and cotton goods come from? A) Egypt. B) India. C) Persia. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India. 23. What was the main aim of factory owners during the Industrial Revolution? A) Improving working conditions. B) Increasing profits. C) Providing job security to workers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increasing profits. 24. Manchester made goods were advertised in Indian Market through A) Buyers. B) Suppliers. C) Labels. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Labels. 25. The person who got people from village, ensured them jobs, helped them settle in cities was known as: A) Stapler. B) Fuller. C) Gomasthas. D) Jobber. 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