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Class 10 Social Science
History The Age Of Industrialisation
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The person who got people from village, ensured them jobs, helped them settle in cities and provided them money in times of need was known as: [CBSE 2011]
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Stapler
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Fuller
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Gomastha
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Jobber
Explanation
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Why did Manchester export to India decline after the First World War?
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People were busy fighting the war.
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Factories closed down due to security problem.
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Factories and mills were busy producing goods to fulfill the need of army.
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Export trade was restricted by the government.
Explanation
c
Why were workers in England hostile to machines and new technology?
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They did not know how to use these.
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They feared that they would lose their jobs and livelihood.
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The workers were too poor to buy new machines.
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They were scared of machines.
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Why were there frequent clashes between the gomastha and the weavers?
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The weavers hated foreigners.
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The gomastha forced the weavers to sell goods at a dictated price.
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Gomasthas were outsiders without long term social link with the village.
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None of the above.
Explanation
c
From which of the following trade did the early entrepreneurs make a fortune?
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Textile trade
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China trade
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Trade in tea
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Industries
Explanation
b
Which of the following was a European managing agency?
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Tata Iron and Steel Company
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Andrew Yule
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Elgin Mill
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Birla industries
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Why did the weavers suffer from a problem of raw cotton?
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The cotton crop perished
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Raw cotton exports increased
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Local markets shrank
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Export market collapsed
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In Victorian Britain the upper classes- aristocratic class and bourgeoisie preferred handmade goods because:
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they were made from imported material.
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the handmade goods came to symbolize refinement and class.
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they were better finished.
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only upper class could afford the expensive items.
Explanation
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By late 19th century why did the British manufacturers print calendars for advertisements?
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Indian people were fond of using calendars in their houses.
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Unlike newspapers and magazines, calendars were used even by people who did not know how to read or write.
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It was cheaper to advertise goods through calendars.
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It used to add beauty to the room.
Explanation
b
Which of the following innovations helped the weavers in increasing productivity and compete with mill sector?
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Spining jenny
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Fly shuttle
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Cotton Gin
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Roller
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In the 17th century, merchants from towns in Europe moved to the countryside to:
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supply money to peasants and artisans to persuade them to produce for international markets.
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persuade them to settle in towns.
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provide them with small workshops.
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stop them from working for other companies.
Explanation
a
Name the first industrial country in the world:
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France
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Japan
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Britain
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Germany
Explanation
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Why couldn't the merchants expand production within towns?
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The powerful guilds did not allow them to do so.
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New merchants were not competent enough to carry on production work and trade.
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New merchants had inadequate capital.
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Competent weavers and artisans were not available in towns.
Explanation
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Where was the first cotton mill established? ;
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Bombay
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Ahmedabad
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Kanpur
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Madras
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Who devised the Spinning Jenny?
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James Hargreaves
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James Watt
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Richard Arkwright
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Samuel Luke
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How did urban merchants acquire trade monopoly?
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The old merchants had won over the weavers and artisans.
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The powerful members of the guilds had bribed the rulers.
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The rulers granted different guilds the 'monopoly right' and trade of specific products.
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The guilds were so powerful that they did not allow new merchants to enter into the field of trade.
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Indian industrial growth increased after First World War because:
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British opened new factories in India.
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New technological changes occurred.
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Indian mills now had a vast home market to supply to.
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India became independent.
Explanation
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Which of the following helped the production of handloom cloth?
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Employers were looking for only skilled workers and they rejected inexperienced applicants.
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The number of jobs were less than the number of job seekers.
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Employers did not prefer migrants.
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Employers wanted educated workers.
Explanation
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What made workers become hostile to the 'Spinning Jenny'?
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Common people had not yet accepted machine-made products.
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To some people machines appeared as 'monsters'.
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It had reduced the demand for labour.
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Hand-made goods were still popular.
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Which of the following is not a reason why industrialists in 19th century Europe preferred hand labour over machines?
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There was abundance of labour, so wages were low.
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Hand labour produced uniform and standardised goods for a mass market.
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Machines required huge capital investment.
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Industries, where demand was seasonal, industrialists preferred hand labour.
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