Class 10 Social Science Chapter 4: The Age of Industrialisation — practice questions with answers
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Q1. The phase of large-scale production for an international market, before factories, based in the countryside is called ______.
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Answer: proto-industrialisation
Why: Merchants supplied money to peasants and artisans. [p.81]
Why: Merchants supplied money to peasants and artisans. [p.81]
Q2. Who invented the spinning jenny in 1764?
- James Hargreaves
- Richard Arkwright
- James Watt
- Newcomen
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Answer: A. James Hargreaves
Why: It allowed one worker to turn several spindles. [p.87]
Why: It allowed one worker to turn several spindles. [p.87]
Q3. Who created the cotton mill?
- Richard Arkwright
- James Hargreaves
- Thomas Newcomen
- Henry Ford
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Answer: A. Richard Arkwright
Why: All processes were brought under one roof. [p.82]
Why: All processes were brought under one roof. [p.82]
Q4. Who improved the steam engine produced by Newcomen and patented the new engine in 1781?
- James Watt
- Richard Arkwright
- Hargreaves
- Faraday
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Answer: A. James Watt
Why: His friend Matthew Boulton manufactured the new model. [p.84]
Why: His friend Matthew Boulton manufactured the new model. [p.84]
Q5. A paid servant appointed by the East India Company to supervise weavers and collect supplies was called a ______.
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Answer: gomastha
Why: Gomasthas were often outsiders who acted arrogantly. [p.91]
Why: Gomasthas were often outsiders who acted arrogantly. [p.91]
Q6. Where did J. N. Tata set up the first iron and steel plant in India in 1912?
- Jamshedpur
- Kanpur
- Bombay
- Ahmedabad
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Answer: A. Jamshedpur
Why: Industrial growth increased during the First World War. [p.95]
Why: Industrial growth increased during the First World War. [p.95]
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