Chapter-Industrial Revolution

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History - MCQ on Industrial Revolution

Class XI

Q.1. Define Luddism:

a. Demanded a minimum wage

b. Right to form trade unions

c. Industrialisation movement

d. Capitalistic movement

Answer:

Add Explanation: Luddhism movement was led by General Ned Ludd. It demanded for a minimum wages and the right to form trade unions.

Q.2. Who invented Power loom?

a. Cart

b. Edmund Cartwright

c. John key

d.John Abraham

Answer:

(b)

Add Explanation: Power loom was invented by Edmund Cartwright in 1787.This was easy to work.

Q.3. Inventor of the water frame:

a. John Kay

b. Richard Arkwright

c. James Paul

d.John Arthur

Answer:

(b)

Add Explanation: The waterframe was invented by Richard Arkwright in 1769.The machine was used to produce ber thread.

Q.4. Who designed the flying shuttle loom?

a. John Kay

b. Samuel Crompton

c. Edmund Cartwright

d. Richard

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: The flying shuttle loom, designed by John Kay in 1733. This was used to weave broader fabrics in less time.

Q.5. Which of the following city was considered as the principal source of loans for international trade?

a. Britain

b. Amsterdam

c. London

d. Birmingham

Answer:

(c)

Add Explanation: London replaced Amsterdam as the principal source of loans for international trade.

Q.6. _____________ and ______________ are the staple materials for mechanization.

a. Lead and iron

b. Coal and aluminium

c. Copper and tin

d. Coal and iron

Answer:

(d)

Add Explanation: Coal and iron are the staple materials for mechanization.

Q.7. The first industrial revolution in England is

a. The transformation of industry and the economy

b. The bigger landlord taking over the small farms

c. The development of industries.

d. The workers in the textile factories

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: The transformation of industry and the economy in Britain between the 1780’s and the 1850s is called the first industrial revolution.

Q.8. Industrial l development in Britain is associated with __________ and ________.

a. Capitalist and landlords

b. Women and child workers

c. Machines and technologies

d. Economy and agriculture.

Answer:

(c)

Add Explanation: Industrial development in Britain is bly associated with the new machinery and technologies. This helped Britain to produce goods in a massive scale.

Q.9. The term industrial revolution was used by:

a. An American scholar called George

b. European Scholars

c. George Michelet, France and Friedrich Engel’s
d. both b & c

Answer:

(b & c)

Add Explanation: The term industrial revolution was used by the European scholars- George Michelet in France and Friedrich Engels in Germany.

Q.10. Which philosopher has used the term industrial revolution for the first time in Britain?

a. Economist Arnold Toynbee

b. Oliver Goldsmith

c. Socialist Michelet

d. Philosopher Arnold

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: It was used for the first time in England by the philosopher and economist Arnold Toynbee to describe the changes that occurred in British industrial development.

Q.11. Why Britain was the first country to experience modern industrialization?

a. Stable economic and political condition

b. Agricultural revolution

c. Availability of coal and iron

d. Use of currency

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: The stable economic and political condition helped Britain to experience modern industrialization.

Q.12. By the eighteenth century, the centre of global trade had shifted from

a. Mediterranean ports of Italy to Atlantic ports of Holland

b. Mediterranean ports of Italy to France ports

c. Atlantic ports of Amsterdam

d. Mediterranean ports of France

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: During the eighteenth century London has acquired a global significance. The centre of global trade has been shifted from the Mediterranean ports of Italy and France to the Atlantic ports of Holland and Britain.

Q.13. London became the centre of a triangular trade network between

a. America, Canada and West Indies

b. England, Africa and the West Indies

c. Italy, France and England

d. America, England and Germany.

Answer:

(b)

Add Explanation: London became the centre of a triangular trade network between England, Africa and the West Indies. The companies trading in America and Asia also had their offices in London.

Q.14. In 1694 the Bank of England was the centre of the country’s.

a. Loan provider to farmers

b Financial System

c. Economic source

d. Industrialists

Answer:

(b)

Add Explanation: In 1694 the Bank of England was the centre of the country’s financial system which was founded in 1694.

Q.15. Which of the two following factors increased the industrial production in England?

a. Technological changes and transport network

b. Availability of coal and tin in England

c. Women and children workers in factories.

d. Working environment in the factories.

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: The two factors that increased the industrial production in England were a range of technological changes and a new transport network created by the construction of railways.

Q.16. _________ material was used for the smelting process.

a. Wood

b. Paper

c. Charcoal

d. Metal

Answer:

(c)

Add Explanation: Charcoal was used for smelting process.

Q.17. The problem in the smelting process with the use of charcoal was solved by

a. A family of iron-masters, the Darby’s of Shropshire

b. A family of Lancashire

c. The capitalists of England

d. All of them.

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: Use of charcoal for the smelting process had several problems. The problem was in transport and in poor quality iron. The solution to this problem was solved by a family of iron-masters, the Darby’s’ of Shropshire.

Q.18. When was the first blast furnace invented?

a. 1700

b. 1678

c. 1709

d. 1717

Answer:

(c)

Add explanation: Thefirst Abraham Darby invented the blast furnace in 1709. Coke was used in blast furnace to generate high temperature.

Q.19. Coke was derived from coal by removing the ___________ and __________.

a. Sulphur and impurities

b. Iron and coal

c. Lead and tin

d. Timber and coal

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: Industries in England started using coke in the blast furnace. Coke was derived from coal by removing the sulphur and impurities. This invention meant that furnace no longer had to depend on charcoal.

Q.20. What are the four major changes that occurred in England from 1782-1800?
a. Economic, Social, Political condition

b. The transportation of the iron industry and the development of steam power

c. The spinning and weaving of cotton

d. Education and economic development

a. (b & c)

b. (c & d)

c. (b & d)

d. (a)

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: The period from 1782-1800 in England experienced many changes in the economic condition. The four major changes were: the transformation of the iron industry, the spinning and weaving of cotton.

Q.21. What was the invention of the second Darby of Shropshire?

a. Developed wrought iron from pig iron

b. Developed the copper

c. Developed the blast furnace

d. All of them.

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: The second Darby (1711-68) developed wrought iron from pig iron.

Q.22. Who made the first iron chairs in England in 1818?

a. Ark Wright

b.John Kay

c. John Wilkinson

d. John Smith

Answer:

(c)

Add Explanation: JohnWilkinson (1728-1808) made the first iron chairs, vats for breweries and distilleries, and iron pipes of all sizes.

Q.23. Which of the following are the coalfields of England?

a. Atlanta, Samarkhand and Balkh

b. Newcastle, Manchester

c. Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds

d. (b & c)

Answer:

(b & c)

Add Explanation: Nil

Q.24. Britain imported __________ from India.

a. Tea

b. Coffee

c. Raw cotton

d. Linen

Answer:

(c)

Add Explanation: As the East India Company’s political control of parts of India was established, it began to import, along with cloth, raw cotton, which could be spun and woven into cloth in England.

Q.25. Why canal was built in England?

a. Built to transport coal to cities.

b. To transport food grains

c. To transport people

d. To transport raw cotton

Answer:

(a)

Add explanation: Canals were built in Britain to transport coal to mines. Transport of coal from road was much slower and more expensive than by barges on canals.

Q.26. What are the uses of coal?

a. Used for industrial energy and for heating and lighting homes in cities.

b. Used in the agricultural field as manure.

c. Coal was used as source for cooking at home.

d. All of them.

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: Coal was used as industrial energy and for heating and lighting homes in cities. The demand for coal grew constantly in all the European countries during the industrial revolution.

Q.27. Who devised the engine called Pulling Devil that pulled the trucks around the mine?

a. Richard Trevithick(1771-1833)

b. Richard Henry (1667-1657)

c. Richard Kay (1567-1768)

d. Richard John

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) had devised an engine called the Puffing Devil that pulled the trucks around the mine. He worked in a coalmine in Cornwall.

Q.28. According per the survey in 1842, the average lifespan of workers in Birmingham and Manchester was:

a. 36, 67

b. 45, 32

c. 15, 17

d. 20, 21

Answer:

(c)

Add Explanation: A survey in 1842 revealed that the average lifespan of workers was lower than that of any other social group in cities: it was 15 years in Birmingham and 17 in Manchester.

Q.29. Children were employed in the textile factories because:

a. There were no schools in the cities

b. They need financial independence

c. They were small enough to move between the machinery

d. They worked on Sundays to clean the machines.

Answer:

(c & d)

Add Explanation: Children were often employed in factories because they were small enough to move between tightly packed machinery. They even worked on Sundays to clean the machines.

Q.30. Define the term enclosure?

a. Small farms were merged into the larger ones of the powerful landlords.

b. Manchester to claim democratic rights of political organization.

c. Transition from agriculture to industry.

d. All of them.

Answer:

(a)

Add Explanation: In 1170 in England, hundreds of small farms had been merged into the larger ones by the powerful landlords. This was known as the enclosure system.