Q 1 – Why did Manchester export to India declined after the First World War?
(a) People were busy fighting the war.
(b) Factories closed down due to security problems.
(c) Factories and mills were busy producing goods to fulfill the need of army.
(d) Export trade was restricted by the government.
(c) Factories and mills were busy producing goods to fulfill the need of the army.
Q 2 – Who are called Staplers and Fullers?
(a) A Fuller ‘fulls’ or gathers cloth by pleating
(b) Stapler ‘staples’ or sorts wool according to its fibre
(c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Staplers and Fullers are dyers
(c) Both (a) and (b)
Q 3 – Who set up the first Indian Jute Mill in Calcutta?
(a) G.D. Birla
(b) Seth Hukumchand
(c) Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata
(d) Dwarkanath Tagore
(b) Seth Hukumchand
Q 4 – Which of the following was a European managing agency?
(a) Tata Iron and Steel Company
(b) Andrew Yule
(c) Elgin Mill
(d) Birla industries
(b) Andrew Yule
Q 5 – 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.
(a) The powerful guilds did not allow them to do so.
Q 6 – A fuller’s job is to
(a) pick up wool
(b) sort wool according to its fibre
(c) gather cloth by pleating
(d) carry wool to the spinner.
(c) gather cloth by pleating
Q 7 – The new merchants could not set up business in the towns in Europe, because :
(a) the rules did not allow them to do so
(b) there were not enough products to start business with, as guilds had monopoly
(c) the powerful trade guilds and urban crafts made it difficult for new merchants to start business in towns and restricted their entry
(d) the merchants wanted to do business with village people
(c) the powerful trade guilds and urban crafts made it difficult for new merchants to start business in towns and restricted their entry
Q 8 – 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.
(c) Indian mills now had a vast home market to supply to.
Q 9 – Where and when did the earliest factories come up?
(a) At the beginning of the 18th century in England
(b) In the 1730s in England
(c) In the late 18th century in Europe
(d) None of the above
(b) In the 1730s in England
Q 10 – Which of the following countries faced labour shortage in the nineteenth century?
(a) America
(b) Britain
(c) France
(d) Germany
(a) America
Q 11 – After 1940s, building activity opened up greater opportunities of employment. What kind of work was introduced?
(a) Construction of big business houses.
(b) Construction of mills and factories.
(c) Construction of railway lines, railway stations and digging up of tunnels.
(d) Construction of cinema halls for entertainment.
(c) Construction of railway lines, railway stations and digging up of tunnels.
Q 12 – Who invented the first steam engine and who improved upon it?
(a) James Watt produced the first steam engine and Newcomen improved it
(b) Richard Arkwright produced the first steam engine which Newcomen improved it
(c) James Watt improved the steam engine produced by Newcomen
(d) None of the above
(c) James Watt improved the steam engine produced by Newcomen
Q 13 – Coarser cotton was produced in many countries but finer varieties came from:
(a) Persia
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Surinam
(b) India
Q 14 – The ports of Surat and Hoogly decayed in the
(a) sixteenth-century
(b) seventeenth century
(c) eighteenth century
(d) nineteenth century
(b) seventeenth century
Q 15 – Carding is a process :
(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
(c) in which cotton or wool fibres are prepared for spinning
Q 16 – The first cotton mill in India was established in
(a) Madras
(b) Calcutta
(c) Gujarat
(d) Bombay
(b) Calcutta
Q 17 – With the growth of colonial power, trade through the new ports of Bombay and Calcutta came to be controlled by:
(a) Indian merchants
(b) European companies
(c) The East India Company
(d) British Parliament.
(b) European companies
Q 18 – The women in the woollen industry attacked the introduction of spinning jenny because
(a) fear of unemployment made the women workers hostile to the introduction of new
technology
(b) the women did not know how to work the machine
(c) the women depended on hand-spinning
(d) all the above
(d) all the above
Q 19 – Dwarkanath Tagore was alan
(a) philanthropist
(b) educationist
(c) social reformer
(d) industrialist
(c) Indian factories came up and began flooding the market with machine-made goods
(d) industrialist
Q 20 – Name the most dynamic industry in Britain.
(a) Food processing
(b) Leather goods production
(c) Cotton and metal industries
(d) Electronic goods production
(c) Cotton and metal industries
Q 21 – Which war materials were produced in India to supply to Britain during World War I?
(a) Gunpowder, cannons and other ammunition.
(b) Jute bags, cloth for army uniforms, tents and leather boots.
(c) Medicines for the wounded soldiers.
(d) Hammers, axes and other building material.
(b) Jute bags, cloth for army uniforms, tents and leather boots.
Q 22 – Why did the weavers suffer from a problem of raw cotton?
(a) The cotton crop perished
(b) Raw cotton exports increased
(c) Local markets shrank
(d) Export market collapsed
(b) Raw cotton exports increased
Q 23 – Match the columns.
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Gomasthas | (i) Seth Hukumchand |
| (b) Spinning Jenny | (ii) Official who acted as company’s agent |
| (c) Steam engine | (iii) Richard Arkwright |
| (d) Cotton mill | (iv) James Hargreaves |
| (e) First Indian jute mill | (v) James Watt |
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Gomasthas | (ii) Official who acted as company’s agent |
| (b) Spinning Jenny | (iv) James Hargreaves |
| (c) Steam engine | (v) James Watt |
| (d) Cotton mill | (iii) Richard Arkwright |
| (e) First Indian jute mill | (i) Seth Hukumchand |
Q 24 – The Indian industries expanded during the First World War because:
(a) of technological innovations
(b) British government removed restriction from trade
(c) as the war continued the British government placed orders with the Indian Industries.
(d) Manchester textiles stopped coming to India. Indian mills had a vast home market to supply
(d) Manchester textiles stopped coming to India. Indian mills had a vast home market to supply
Q 25 – By late 19th century why did the British manufacturers print calendars for advertisements?
(a) Indian people were fond of using calendars in their houses.
(b) Unlike newspapers and magazines, calendars were used even by people who did not know how to read or write.
(c) It was cheaper to advertise goods through calendars.
(d) It used to add beauty to the room.
(b) Unlike newspapers and magazines, calendars were used even by people who did not know how to read or write.
Q 26 – Which of the following is a seasonal industry?
(a) Textile
(b) Brewing
(c) Bookbinding
(d) Gas work
(a) Textile
Q 27 – The typical worker in the mid-nineteenth century, according to historians, was:
(a) a machine operator
(b) traditional craftsperson and labourer
(c) unskilled labourers
(d) a technology expert worker
(b) traditional craftsperson and labourer
Q 28 – What do you mean by ‘Gomastha’?
(a) An officer of the Company who acted as a go-between the Company and Indian traders
(b) An officer of the East India Company who looked after the textile trade
(c) A paid servant of the Company who supervised weavers, collected supplies and examined the quality of the cloth
(d) None of these
(c) A paid servant of the Company who supervised weavers, collected supplies and examined the quality of the cloth
Q 29 – The early cotton mills in India produced:
(a) coarse cotton yarn
(b) coarse cotton cloth
(c) cotton fabric
(d) superior cotton cloth.
(a) coarse cotton yarn
Q 30 – According to historians, who was the typical worker in the mid-nineteenth century?
(a) Craftsperson and labourer
(b) Machine operator
(c) Unskilled labour
(d) None of these
(a) Craftsperson and labourer
Q 31 – What are the problems faced by cotton weavers in India?
(a) Export market had collapsed
(b) They did not have good quality cotton
(c) Imported goods were cheap
(d) All of the above
(d) All of the above
Q 32 – The weaving industry finally collapsed by the end of the 19th century. Why?
(a) All raw materials vanished from India
(b) Indian weavers took to other professions because of high prices of raw materials
(c) Indian factories came up and began flooding the market with machine-made goods
(d) The British totally monopolised the textile trade
(c) Indian factories came up and began flooding the market with machine-made goods
Q 33 – 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
(c) In which cotton or wool fibres are prepared for spinning
Q 34 – During the 19th century, Which were the most dynamic industries in Britain?
(a) Cotton and metal
(b) Metal and sugar
(c) Sugar and cotton
(d) None of these
(a) Cotton and metal
Q 35 – Which among the following is associated with Gomasthas?
(a) Trader
(b) Businessman
(c) Unpaid Servant
(d) Supervisor appointed by the company
(d) Supervisor appointed by the company
Q 36 – Who was the Staplers and Fullers?
(a) Gathers cloth by pleating
(b) Sorts wool according to its fibre
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of these
(c) Both a and b
Q 37 – Name the person who created the cotton mill in England?
(a) Richard Arkwright
(b) James Watt
(c) Mathew Boulton
(d) Newcomen
(a) Richard Arkwright
Q 38 – Which pre-colonial port connected India to the Gulf countries and the Red Sea ports?
(a) Bombay
(b) Hooghly
(c) Surat
(d) Machhalipatanam
(c) Surat
Q 39 – Which pre-colonial port connected India to the Gulf countries and the Red Sea ports?
(a) Bombay
(b) Hooghly
(c) Surat
(d) Machhalipatanam
(c) Surat
Q 40 – Who produced music book that Dawn of the Century?
(a) New Comen
(b) James Watt
(c) E. T. Paul
(d) None of these
(c) E. T. Paul
Q 41 – Which of the following was not a European Managing Agency dominating industrial production in India?
(a) Andrew Yule
(b) Bird Heiglers and Co.
(c) Jardine Skinner and Co.
(d) Elgin Mills
(d) Elgin Mills
Q 42 – What were supply during the First World War from Indian factories?
(a) Jute bags and cloth for army uniforms
(b) Tents and leather boots
(c) Horse and mule saddles
(d) All of these
(d) All of these
Q 43 – The introduction of which new technology in England angered women?
(a) The spinning jenny
(b) The underground railway
(c) The steam engine
(d) None of these
(a) The spinning jenny
Q 44 – When did the export of Indian yarn to China declined?
(a) 1906
(b) 1910
(c) 1915
(d) 1902
(a) 1906
Q 45 – Who devised the Spinning Jenny?
(a) Richard Arkwright
(b) James Watt
(c) James Hargreaves
(d) Samuel Luke
(c) James Hargreaves
Q 46 – 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
(a) The American Civil War
Q 47. By which of the following phenomena was the pattern of industrial change in India conditioned?
(a) Colonial rule
(b) Weakness of Mughal rule
(c) Poverty of the countryside
(d) Struggle between the European powers to control India
(a) Colonial rule
Q 48. The person who got people from villages, ensured them jobs, helped them settle in cities and provided them money in times
of need was known as:
(a) Stapler
(b) Fuller
(c) Gomastha
(d) Jobber
(d) Jobber
Q 49. Who was Dwarkanath Tagore?
(a) A social reformer
(b) Musician
(c) Industrialist
(d) Painter
(c) Industrialist
Q 50. Which of the following was not a problem of Indian weavers at the early 19th century?
(a) Shortage of raw material
(b) Clashes with Gomasthas
(c) Collapse of local and foreign market
(d) Setting up of new factories
(b) Clashes with Gomasthas
Q 51. In which century, the exports of British cotton goods increased dramatically?
(a) 17th century
(b) 19th century
(c) 20th century
(d) 18th century
(b) 19th century
Q 53. Which of the following was the main function of jobber, employed by the industrialists?
(a) To collect money
(b) To set up industries
(c) To get a new recruit
(d) To supply raw material
(c) To get a new recruit
Q 54. In many industries where production fluctuated with the season, industrialists, usually
preferred:
(a) Indentured labor
(b) Machines
(c) Hand labor
(d) All of the above
(c) Hand labor
Q 55. Machines were oriented to produce:
(а) Fancy dresses standardized goods for a few people
(b) Uniforms for a mass market
(c) Uniforms, standardized goods for a mass market
(d) None of the above
(c) Uniforms, standardized goods for a mass market
Q 56. In the mid-nineteenth century in Britain; 500 varieties of ……………………… were produced and 45 kinds of ………………………
(a) Fancy dresses, uniforms
(b) Cups, plates
(c) Hammers, axes
(d) All the above
(c) Hammers, axes
Q 57. The upper classes the aristocrats and the bourgeoisie preferred things produced by:
(a) Machines
(b) Hand
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
(b) Hand
Q 58 .After the busy season was over, the poor :
(a) Went to their villages
(b) Went to the countryside
(c) Went on the streets again
(d) None of the above
(c) Went on the streets again
Q 59.In the early nineteenth century wages:
(a) Increased
(b) Decreased
(c) Remained the same
(d) None of the above
(a) Increased
Q 60. When the ……………………… was introduced in the woolen industry, women who survived on hand spinning began attacking the new machine.
(a) Spinning Jenny
(b) Spinning Combine
(c) Spinning Penny
(d) none of the above
(a) Spinning Jenny
Q 61. Coarser cotton was produced in many countries, but the fine varieties often came from:
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) India
(d) India
Q 62. Masulipatam on the Coromandel coast and Hoogly in Bengal had trade links with:
(а) North-East Asian Ports
(b) South-East Asian Ports
(c) North-East Asian Ports
(d) South-East Asian Ports
(d) South-East Asian Ports
Q 63.The first cotton mill in Bombay came up in :
(a) 1852
(b) 1853
(c) 1854
(d) 1855
(c) 1854
Q 64.The history of many business groups goes back to trade with:
(a) Japan
(b) Britain
(c) USA
(d) China
(d) China
Q 65.The Marwari businessman who set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in 1917 was:
(a) Seth Hukumchand
(b) Seth Manikchand
(c) Seth Ramchand
(d) None of the above
(a) Seth Hukumchand
Q 66.Advertisements of Indian manufacturers became a vehicle of the nationalist message of:
(a) Purely Indian
(b) Purely English
(c) Swadeshi
(d) None of the
(c) Swadeshi
Q 67. E.T. Pauli produced a music book that had a picture on the cover page announcing the:
(a) ‘Dawn of the year’
(b) ‘Dawn of the Century’
(c) ‘Dawn of the country’
(d) none of the above
(b) ‘Dawn of the Century’
Q 68. Most historians refer to the phase of industrialization as:
(a) Dawn-industrialisation
(b) Present-industrialisation
(c) Proto-industrialisation
(d) None of the above
(c) Proto-industrialisation
Q 69. In the countryside poor peasants and artisans began working:
(a) For the king
(b) For the rich men
(c) For merchants
(d) All the above
(c) For merchants
Q 70.Merchants were based in towns but the work was done mostly:
(a) On the roadside
(b) In their houses
(c) In the countryside
(d) All the above
(c) In the countryside