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Class 10 Social Science History Chapter 4 Age of Industrialisation

1. Who set up the first Indian Jute Mill in Calcutta?

(a) G.D. Birla

(b) Seth Hukumchand

(c) Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata

(d) Dwarkanath Tagore

Answer: (b) Seth Hukumchand

2. Which one of the following European managing agencies did not control Indian industries?

(a) Bird Heiglers and Company

(b) Andrew Yule

(c) Indian Industrial and Commerce Congress

(d) Jardine Skinner and Company

Answer: (c) Indian Industrial and Commerce Congress

3. Why did Manchester export to India decline after the First World War?

(a) People were busy fighting the war.

(b) Factories closed down due to security problem.

(c) Factories and mills were busy producing goods to fulfill the need of army.

(d) Export trade was restricted by the government.

Answer: (c) Factories and mills were busy producing goods to fulfill the need of army.

4. 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

Answer: (c) gather cloth by pleating

5. 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

Answer: (c) To get a new recruit

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6. Why were there frequent clashes between the gomastha and the weavers?

(a) The weavers hated foreigners.

(b) The gomastha forced the weavers to sell goods at a dictated price.

(c) Gomasthas were outsiders without long term social link with the village.

(d) None of the above.

Answer: (c) Gomasthas were outsiders without long term social link with the village.

7. Which of the following countries faced labour shortage in the nineteenth century?

(a) America

(b) Britain

(c) France

(d) Germany

Answer: (a) America

8. Which of the following were the pre-colonial ports of India?

(a) Surat and Masulipatam

(b) Madras and Hoogly

(c) Madras and Bombay

(d) Bombay and Hoogly

Answer: (a) Surat and Masulipatam

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9. From which of the following trade did the early entrepreneurs make a fortune?

(a) Textile trade

(b) China trade

(c) Trade in tea

(d) Industries

Answer: (b) China trade

10. The ports of Surat and Hoogly decayed in the

(a) sixteenth century

(b) seventeenth century

(c) eighteenth century

(d) nineteenth century

Answer: (b) seventeenth century

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11. Whom did the British government appoint to supervise weavers, collect supplies and examine the quality of cloth?

(a) Jobber

(b) Sepoy

(c) Policeman

(d) Gomastha

Answer: (d) Gomastha

12. Which of the following helped the spread of handloom cloth production?

(a) Import duties

(b) Government regulations

(c) Technological changes

(d) Imposition of export duties

Answer: (c) Technological changes

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13. The first cotton mill in India was established in

(a) Madras

(b) Calcutta

(c) Gujarat

(d) Bombay

Answer: (b) Calcutta

14. In which one of the following years did the first cotton mill in Bombay (Mumbai) come up?

(a) 1854

(b) 1855

(c) 1862

(d) 1874

Answer: (a) 1854

15. Which of the following was a European managing agency?

(a) Tata Iron and Steel Company

(b) Andrew Yule

(c) Elgin Mill

(d) Birla industries

Answer: (b) Andrew Yule

16. Dwarkanath Tagore was alan

(a) philanthropist

(b) educationist

(c) social reformer

(d) industrialist

Answer: (d) industrialist

17. Who among the following set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in 1917?

(a) Seth Hukumchand

(b) G.D. Birla

(c) Jamsedjee Nusserwanjee Tata

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) Seth Hukumchand

18. 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

Answer: (b) Raw cotton exports increased

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19. In Victorian Britain the upper classes- aristocratic class and bourgeoisie preferred handmade goods because:

(a) they were made from imported material.

(b) the handmade goods came to symbolize refinement and class.

(c) they were better finished.

(d) only upper class could afford the expensive items.

Answer: (b) the handmade goods came to symbolize refinement and class.

20. 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.

Answer: (b) Unlike newspapers and magazines, calendars were used even by people who did not know how to read or write.

21. Which of the following innovations helped the weavers in increasing productivity and compete with mill sector?

(a) Spining jenny

(b) Fly shuttle

(c) Cotton Gin

(d) Roller

Answer: (b) Fly shuttle

22. Where was the first cotton mill set up in India?

(a) Ahemedabad

(b) Kanpur

(c) Bombay

(d) Madras

Answer: (c) Bombay

23.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.

Answer: (b) Unlike newspapers and magazines, calendars were used even by people who did not know how to read or write.

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24. 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

Answer: (a) Craftsperson and labourer

25. Who established six joint stock companies in India during 1830-40?

(a) Jamsedji Nusserwanjee Tata

(b) Dinshaw Petit

(c) Seth Hukumchand

(d) Dwarkanath Tagore

Answer: (d) Dwarkanath Tagore

26. 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.

Answer: (a) supply money to peasants and artisans to persuade them to produce for international markets.

27. 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

Answer: (c) Both a and b

28. What was the reason behind new merchants could not set up business in the towns in Europe?

(a) The rules became barrier

(b) Scarcity of product to start any business

(c) The powerful trade guilds and urban crafts made it difficult

(d) None of these

Answer: c. The powerful trade guilds and urban crafts made it difficult

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29. What was “Spinning Jenny”?

(a) A machine

(b) A person

(c) An industry

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) A machine

30. 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.

Answer: (a) The powerful guilds did not allow them to do so.

31. In 1911, 67 percent of the large industries were located in which one of the following places in India?

(a) Bengal and Bombay

(b) Surat and Ahmedabad

(c) Delhi and Bombay

(d) Patna and Lucknow

Answer: (a) Bengal and Bombay

32. Which pre-colonial port connected India to the Gulf countries and the Red Sea ports?

(a) Bombay

(b) Hooghly

(c) Surat

(d) Machhalipatanam

Answer: (c) Surat

33. Who devised the Spinning Jenny?

(a) James Hargreaves

(b) James Watt

(c) Richard Arkwright

(d) Samuel Luke

Answer: (a) James Hargreaves

34. 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

Answer: (d) All of these

35. Who improved the ‘Steam Engine’ produced by Newcomen?

(a) Marcopolo

(b) James Watt

(c) Hargreaves

(d) Richard Arkwright

Answer: (b) James Watt

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36. 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

Answer: (a) The American Civil War

37. The picture of the “Two Magicians” shows

(a) Aladdin from the orient who built a beautiful palace with his magic lamp

(b) A modern mechanic who with his magic tool builds bridges, ships, towers and high-rise buildings

(c) The difference between East and West, Aladdin represents the East and the past and the mechanic, the West and modernity

(d) All the above

Answer: (d) All the above

38. In 1917 who set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta?

(a) Seth Hukumchand

(b) G.D. Birla

(c) Jamsedjee Tata

(d) None of the above

Answer: (a) Seth Hukumchand

39. 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

Answer: (a) Cotton and metal

40. What are the problems faced by the 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

Answer: (d) All of the above

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