This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Class 12 > Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 9 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the impact of railways on the Indian economy? A) Increased the prices of Indian goods. B) Decreased the prices of Indian goods. C) Led to an increase in demand for Indian goods. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increased the prices of Indian goods. 2. Which of the following statements are true about Gomasthas. A) In many weaving villages, there were reports of clashes between weavers and gomasthas. B) The new gomasthas were outsiders with no long-term social link with the village. C) Gomasthas had a close relationship with weavers. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 3. What do you mean by Carding? A) In spinning. B) In weaving. C) In which cotton or wool fibres are prepared for spinning. D) In which finishing of cloth is done. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In which cotton or wool fibres are prepared for spinning. 4. What did coal provide the power to drive? A) Water Frame. B) Spinning Jenny. C) Steam Engines. D) Flying Shuttle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Steam Engines. 5. What do you mean by 'fly shuttle'? A) A mechanical device, used by weavers, moved by means of ropes and pulleys. B) A mechanical device which increased production in factories. C) The device which places horizontal threads (the weft) into the vertical threads (the warp). D) Both a and c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a and c. 6. Local Merchants mostly traded with A) European countries. B) Great Britain. C) Burma and Middle East. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Burma and Middle East. 7. The labours to work in the Indian cotton mill where found from A) The nearby districts. B) From England. C) From the southern part of India. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The nearby districts. 8. Which country was referred to as the mother of the industrial revolution? A) Germany. B) France. C) Italy. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 9. Which two American documents inspired the French people to strive for a democracy in their own country? A) Declaration of Independence + U.S. amendments. B) U.S. Constitution + Civil rights document. C) Declaration of Independence + U.S. Constitution. D) Civil rights document + U.S. amendments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Declaration of Independence + U.S. Constitution. 10. What was used to lift coal in the mines during the Industrial Revolution? A) Plastic containers. B) Wooden buckets. C) Ropes made of grass. D) Metal cages and tubs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metal cages and tubs. 11. China declined the Indian products because the flooded of A) Japanese products. B) Spain products. C) England cotton. D) Britain cotton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Japanese products. 12. Who invented the first steam engine? A) James Watt. B) Newcomen. C) Richard Arkwright. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Newcomen. 13. Production of the Banarasi saree belongs to which state A) Banaras. B) Maharashtra. C) Punjab. D) Orrisa. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Banaras. 14. Which of the following statements are true about Steam Engines? A) At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were not more than 321 steam engines all over England. B) Mathew Boulton manufactured the new model of steam engines. C) James Watt improved the steam engine produced by Newcomen and patented the new engine in 1781. D) All the above statements are true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above statements are true. 15. In the period of proto-industrialization, production was carried at? A) Countryside. B) Town. C) Countryside and town. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Countryside and town. 16. Gas works and breweries were especially busy through the A) Christmas demand. B) Cold months. C) Summer season. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cold months. 17. When did the export of Indian yarn to China declined? A) 1906. B) 1910. C) 1915. D) 1902. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1906. 18. What was the main reason for England being referred to as 'The Workshop of the World'? A) Her exports increased. B) Lack of raw materials. C) Isolation from other nations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her exports increased. 19. Whom did the British government appoint to supervise weavers collect supplies and to examine the quality of cloth? A) Jobber. B) Sepoy. C) Policeman. D) Gomasthas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gomasthas. 20. Who set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta? A) G. D. Birla. B) Seth Hukumchand. C) Dwarkanath Tagore. D) Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seth Hukumchand. 21. With the invention of the fly shuttle what was the impact on the handloom industry? A) It was not very productive. B) It needed too much training. C) Increased productivity per worker, speeded up production and reduced labour demand. D) Reduced production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased productivity per worker, speeded up production and reduced labour demand. 22. Who invented the system of Crop Rotation? A) Townshend. B) Rowland Hills. C) Guglielino Marconi. D) Alexander Graham Bell. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Townshend. 23. In Latin America, many colonized people were inspired by which two countries' revolutions? A) French and German. B) English and French. C) United States and French. D) Russian and German. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) United States and French. 24. Which of the options is a positive effect of the Industrial Revolution? A) Dangerous factory jobs. B) More strikes. C) Increasing wealth. D) Exposure to toxins. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increasing wealth. 25. London 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: A) Trade centre. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClass 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 1Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 2Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 3Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 4Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 5Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 6Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 7Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 8Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 10Class 12 History Chapter 4 The Age Of Industrialisation Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books