CBSE Class 10 Social Science History The Age of Industrialisation Quiz 2

1. In the 17th century, merchants from towns in Europe moved to the countryside to:

A supply money to peasants and artisans to persuade them to produce for international markets. B persuade them to settle in towns. C provide them with small workshops. D stop them from working for other companies.

2. Name the first industrial country in the world:

A France B Japan C Britain D Germany

3. Why couldn't the merchants expand production within towns?

A The powerful guilds did not allow them to do so. B New merchants were not competent enough to carry on production work and trade. C New merchants had inadequate capital. D Competent weavers and artisans were not available in towns.

4. Where was the first cotton mill established? ;

A Bombay B Ahmedabad C Kanpur D Madras

5. Who devised the Spinning Jenny?

A James Hargreaves B James Watt C Richard Arkwright D Samuel Luke

6. How did urban merchants acquire trade monopoly?

A The old merchants had won over the weavers and artisans. B The powerful members of the guilds had bribed the rulers. C The rulers granted different guilds the 'monopoly right' and trade of specific products. D The guilds were so powerful that they did not allow new merchants to enter into the field of trade.

7. Indian industrial growth increased after First World War because:

A British opened new factories in India. B New technological changes occurred. C Indian mills now had a vast home market to supply to. D India became independent.

8. Which of the following helped the production of handloom cloth?

A Employers were looking for only skilled workers and they rejected inexperienced applicants. B The number of jobs were less than the number of job seekers. C Employers did not prefer migrants. D Employers wanted educated workers.

9. What made workers become hostile to the 'Spinning Jenny'?

A Common people had not yet accepted machine-made products. B To some people machines appeared as 'monsters'. C It had reduced the demand for labour. D Hand-made goods were still popular.

10. Which of the following is not a reason why industrialists in 19th century Europe preferred hand labour over machines?

A There was abundance of labour, so wages were low. B Hand labour produced uniform and standardised goods for a mass market. C Machines required huge capital investment. D Industries, where demand was seasonal, industrialists preferred hand labour.