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Multiple Choice Questions

Question : The first jute mill set up by a Marwari businessman Seth Hukumchand in 1917 was located in :
(a) Calcutta
(b) Madras
(c) Bombay
(d) Ahmedabad
Answer : A

Question : This became a vehicle of the nationalist message of swadeshi :
(a) Advertisements
(b) Textile mills
(c) Steam engine
(d) Spinning Jenny
Answer : A

Question : Elgin Mill started in which of the following cities in north India?
(a) Delhi
(b) Lucknow
(c) Kanpur
(d) Allahabad
Answer : C

Question : Production processes involving carding, twisting, rolling and stapling are associated with :
(a) Textile Industry
(b) Railway Industry
(c) Shipping Industry
(d) None of the above
Answer : A

Question : Which of the following were the most dynamic industries of the Great Britain?
(a) Cotton and Sugar Industry
(b) Cotton and Metal Industry
(c) Cotton and Agro-based Industry
(d) Ship and Cotton Industry
Answer : B

Question : When did the earliest factories come up in England?
(a) In 1720s
(b) In 1730s
(c) In 1740s
(d) In 1750s
Answer : B

Question : Dwarkanath Tagore was a _______.
(a) Painter
(b) Industrialist
(c) Philosopher
(d) Social Reformer
Answer : B

Question. The Spinning Jenny was devised by :
(a) James Hargreaves
(b) Richard Arkwright
(c) Newcomen
(d) James Watt
Answer : A

Question. This became a vehicle of the nationalist message of swadeshi :
(a) Advertisements
(b) Textile mills
(c) Steam engine
(d) Spinning Jenny
Answer : A

Question. The Spinning Jenny devised in the year :
(a) 1746
(b) 1647
(c) 1674
(d) 1764
Answer : D

Question. The steam engine produced by Newcomen was improved by
(a) Richard Arkwright
(b) Mathew Boulton
(c) James Watt
(d) Dinshaw Petit
Answer : C

Question. This city on the Gujarat coast connected India to the Gulf and Red Sea ports :
(a) Dwarka
(b) Surat
(c) Bhavnagar
(d) Porbandar
Answer : B

Question. This town in Bengal had trade links with Southeast Asian ports :
(a) Hoogly
(b) Porbandar
(c) Dwarka
(d) Masulipatnam
Answer : A

Question. Arrange the followings in the correct sequence:
(i) The coming up of the factories in England
(ii) Invention of Spinning Jenny
(iii) Invention of Steam Engine
(iv) Manchester came to India
Options-
A. (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)
B. (i)-(ii)-(iii)-(iv)
C. (i)-(iii)-(ii)-(iv)
D. (iv)-(i)-(ii)-(iii)
Answer : A

Question. The first jute mill set up by a Marwari businessman, Seth Hukumchand in 1917 was located in :
(a) Calcutta
(b) Madras
(c) Bombay
(d) Ahmedabad
Answer : A

Question. The cotton mill in England was created by :
(a) Richard Arkwright
(b) James Watt
(c) Seth Hukumchand
(d) Henry Patullo
Answer : A

Question. This town on the Coromandel coast had trade links with Southeast Asian ports :
(a) Afghanistan
(b) Surat
(c) Masulipatnam
(d) Persia
Answer : C

Question. The two Parsis of Bombay who built huge industrial empires in India, accumulated their wealth partly from exports to China :
(a) James Hargreaves and Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata
(b) Seth Hukumchand and Dinshaw Petit
(c) Dwarkanath Tagore and G.D. Birla
(d) Dinshaw Petit and Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata
Answer : D

Question : Write True or False against each statement:
Answer : (i) At the end of the nineteenth century, 80 per cent of the total work force in Europe was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector. (False)
(ii) The international market for line textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century. (True)
(iii) The American Civil War resulted in the reduction of cotton exports from India. (False)
(iv) The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their productivity. (True)

Question. In Bengal who had set up six joint stock companies in 1830’s & 40’s? 
(a) Dinshaw Petit
(b) Seth Hukumchand
(c) Jamsehed ji Tata
(d) Dwarkanath Tagore
Answer : D
Explanation: 
i. In Bengal Dwarkanath Tagore had set up six joint stock companies in 1830’s & 40’s.
ii. In Bombay, Parsis like Dinshaw Petit and Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata built huge industrial empires in India.
iii. Seth Hukumchand, a Marwari businessman had set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in 1917, So did the father and grandfather of the famous industrialist G.D.Birla.
 
Question. Which image is at the centre of the painting "Dawn of the Century"? 
(a) God like figure
(b) Women like figure
(c) Moon like figure
(d) Goddess like figure
Answer : D
Explanation: In 1900, a popular music publisher E.T. Paull produced a music book that had a picture on the cover page announcing the ‘Dawn of the Century' . In this illustration, at the centre of the picture is a goddess-like figure, the angel of progress, bearing the flag of the new century.
 
Question. Who appointed gomasthas to supervise weavers in India? 
(a) Eastern Indian Company
(b) European Managing Agencies
(c) East India Company
(d) Europe Managing Agents
Answer : C

 

Assertion and Reasoning Based Questions

Mark the option which is most suitable:
(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.
(c) A is true but R is false.
(d) A is false but R is true.

Question : Assertion : The consolidation of East India Company power after the 1760s did not initially lead to a decline in textile exports from India.
Reason : British cotton industries had not yet expanded and Indian fine textiles were in great demand in Europe.
Answer : (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Question : Assertion : In most industrial regions, workers came from the districts around.
Reason : Peasants and Artisans who found no work in the village went to the industrial centres in search of work.
Answer :(a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

Question : Assertion : Like the images of gods and goddesses, figures of important personages like emperors and nawabs adorned advertisements and calendars.
Reason : This was done to show the pomp and glory of the nation.
Answer : (c) A is true but R is false.

Question : Assertion : The first symbol of the new era was cotton.
Reason : In Victorian Britain, the industrialists did not want to introduce machines that got rid of human labour and required large capital investment.
Answer : (b) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

 

True or False :

Question. At the end of the nineteenth century, 80 per cent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector. 
Answer : False

Question. The international market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.
Answer : True

Question. The American Civil War resulted in the reduction of cotton exports from India.
Answer : Flase

Question. The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their productivity.
Answer : True

Question. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, merchants from the towns in Europe began moving to the countryside. (True/False)
Answer : True

Question. R.J. Tata set up the first iron and steel plant at Jamshedpur in India. (True/False)
Answer : Flase

Question. The American Civil War resulted in the reduction of cotton exports from India. (True/False)
Answer : Flase

Question. In Victorian Britain, the upper classes preferred things produced by manual labour. (True/False)
Answer : True

 

One Word Answer Type Questions 

Question : When and where was the first iron and steel works factory established in India by an Indian ?
Answer : In 1912 at Jamshedpur.

Question : Name the 3 biggest European managing agencies of that time.
Answer : Bird Heiglers & Co, Andrew Yule and Jardine Skinner & Co.

Question : When did the first factories come up in England ?
Answer : 1730s

Question : What were the most dynamic industries in England during the industrialisation phase ?
Answer : Cotton and Metal works.

Question : Who improvised the steam engine and when ?
Answer : James Watt in 1781.

Question : When and where was the first Jute mill established ?
Answer : In Bengal in 1855.

Question : What did the Indian merchants trade in mostly ?
Answer : Raw cotton, wheat, indigo, spices and tea.

Question : Who were Aristocrats ?
Answer :Aristocrats were part of the nobility or Royal family.

Question : What did England import in return for opium from China ?
Answer : Tea.

Question : When did the first cotton mill of Ahmedabad get established ?
Answer : 1861

 

Very Short Answer Type Questions 

Question : Why were wages low in England during eighteenth centuries ?
Answer :  In England during the Victorian Age, there was no shortage of human labour. Unemployed people, farmers and vagrants often moved through the cities in search of work. So, the industrialists had an ample supply of labour and no problem of high wage cost.
 
Question : Why was hand labour preferred in seasonal factories ?
Answer :  In industries such as breweries and book binders, production was affected by the seasonal demands and changes. Hence, seasonal labours could be easily employed when the need arose. Moreover, as the supply of labour was high, it was easy to get such labourers and keep cost of production low.
 
Question : How did urbanisation help create opportunities ?
Answer :  Urban activities like building up of roads, laying down railway lines, construction of new railways stations as railways were expanded too, drainage and sewers laid and river embankments created opportunities where people got employment.
 
Question : By 1750’s Why the commercial networks of Indian trailers did began to decline in India ?
Answer :  The Europea, A trading companies secured huge concessions and trading privileges from various rulers and local courts that boosted their trade. After this, they secured monopoly rights to trade even. This impacted the trading activities of the Indian traders and merchants.
 
Question : How was the relationship between the Gomasthas and the weavers ?
Answer :  The Gomasthas were paid agents of the English company who were outsiders and not from the villages.
He was arrogant and often marched into the villages with sepoys to beat up the weavers and craftsmen if they were late in supplying products.
 
Question : Why were merchants from towns in Europe began to move countryside in seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?
Answer :  During the 17th and 18th centuries, the world trade and the colonies expanded which increased the demands of goods. The merchants were not able to cope up within towns because of the powerful urban crafts and trade guilds and therefore they moved to the countryside to persuade the peasants and artisans to produce for the international market and also supplied money to them.

Question. What happened as a result of cotton being exported from India ?
Answer : As cotton was being exported to England, the availability of cotton in Indian markets was affected. 
Weavers had to pay high rates to purchase raw cotton which most of the weavers could not afford.

Question. Why did the East India Company appoint ‘Gomasthas‘ ?
Answer : The East India Company aimed to eliminate the existing traders and brokers connected with the cloth trade and establish a more direct control over the weaver. Therefore, it appointed a paid servant called the gomastha to supervise the weavers, collect supplies and examine the quality of cloth.

Question. Why the aristocrats in Victorian England demanded handmade products ?
Answer : Handmade products portrayed class, royalty, high tastes and refinement. They were unique in their own designs and carefully designed and finished, so they attracted the upper elites of the society more.

Question. What was the problem faced by Indian weavers in the 1860s ?
Answer : The Indian weavers could not get sufficient amount of good quality of cotton.

Question. Why was hand labour preferred in seasonal factories ?
Answer : In industries such as breweries and book binders, production was affected by the seasonal demands and changes. Hence, seasonal labours could be easily employed when the need arose. Moreover, as the supply of labour was high, it was easy to get such labourers and keep cost of production low.

Question. Why the Indian weavers were deprived of good cotton ?
Answer : As American Civil War broke out, the cotton supplies to England from America declined. Thus, superior quality of cotton from India was exported to England, leaving the weavers in India helpless.

Question. Why were the women in England against Spinning Jenny ?
Answer : Women feared that they might lose their livelihood and these machines would overtake their positions so they started detesting the use of spinning Jenny in the factories.

Question. Why were wages low in England during eighteenth centuries ?
Answer : In England during the Victorian Age, there was no shortage of human labour. Unemployed people, farmers and vagrants often moved through the cities in search of work. So, the industrialists had an ample supply of labour with no problem of high wage.

Question. How was the relationship between the Gomasthas and the weavers ?
Answer : The Gomasthas were paid agents of the English East India Company who were outsiders and not from the villages. They were arrogant and often marched into the villages with sepoys to beat up the weavers and craftsmen if they were late in supplying products.

Question. Name the two industrialists of Bombay who built huge industrial empires during nineteenth century.
Answer : Dinshaw Petit and Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata 

Question : What was China trade?
Answer : British in India began exporting opium to China and took tea from China to England. Many Indians participated in this trade, procuring supplies, provided finance and shipping consignments. It was known as the China trade.
 
Question : Who worked for industrialists to get new recruits? 
Answer : Jobber worked for industrialists to get new recruits.
 
 

Short Answer Type Questions

Question : “The typical worker in the mid-nineteenth century was not a machine operator but the traditional craftsperson and labourer.” Support the statement with examples. 
Answer : A typical worker in the mid-nineteenth century was not a machine operator but the traditional craftsperson and labourer because:
i. The demand in the market was often for goods with intricate designs and specific shapes. In Britain, 500 varities of hammers and 45 kinds of axes were produced.
These required human skill not mechanical technologies.
ii. The aristocrats and bourgeois prefer things produced by hands.
iii. Handmade products came to symbolized refinement and class.
iv. Hand products were better finished, individually produced and carefully designed.
 
Question : Why did the network of export trade in textiles controlled by the Indian merchants break down by the 1750s? 
Answer : The network of export trade in textiles controlled by the Indian merchants break down by the 1750s because of the following reasons:
i. The European trading companies gained power. First, they acquired trading concessions from local rulers and monopolized rights to trade.
ii. This resulted in the decline of the old ports of Surat and Hoogly.
iii. Export from the old ports fell dramatically and local bankers slowly went bankrupt.
 
Question : Mention any three restrictions imposed by the British government on the Indian merchants in 19th century.
Answer :  The three restrictions imposed by the British government upon the Indian merchants in 19th century were:
a. After establishing political power in Bengal and Carnatic and the monopoly right to trade, Britain developed systems to control and eliminate the competition.
b. The Company took the direct control over the weavers through gomastha who were paid servants  appointed by the Company to supervise weavers, collect supplies and check the quality of the cloth.
c. By the end of the First World War a large sector of the Indian industries were under the control of the three biggest European managing agencies called Bird Heiglers and Company, Andrew Yule and Jardine Skinner and Company. But mostly the finance was done by the Indian people
whereas the investment and business decisions were taken by the European agencies and also the Indian businessmen were not allowed to join the chamber of commerce of the European merchantsindustrialists. 
 

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