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    Industrial Revolution Questions | India's #1 Learning Platform ce er tects Start Complete Exam Preparation Latest Industrial Revolution MCQ Objective Questions road raed DOC) Perey eieeonrid paca DB Download App Question 1: fl Which of the given statements is/are correct in the context of the ‘industrial Revolution? Statements: |. With the expansion of railways, the demand for iron and steel increased rapidly. II New technology was expensive and merchants and industrialists were cautious about using it 1. Only! 2. Only Il — 4. Neither! nor ti Tel RR mores ech Colme-l Melua) Cluny Under One Roof (FREE) oro cases vatcter Answer (Detailed Solution Below) Option 3:1 and Il Industrial Revolution Question 1 Detailed Solution In the context of the ‘Industrial Revolution’, both the statements | and Il are correct. © Key Points + The most dynamic industries in Britain Were clearly cotton and metals. + Growing at a rapid pace, cotton was the leading Sector in the first phase of industrialisation up to the 1840s. * After that the iron and steel int d the way. + With the expansion of rallways, in England from the 1840s and in the colonies from the 1860s, ‘the demand for iron and stool increased rapidly Hence, statement lis correct. + By 1873 Britain was exporting iron and steel worth about £ 77 million, double the value of its cotton export. + Technological changes occurred slowly. + They did not spread dramatically across the industrial landscape. + New technology was expensive and merchants and industrialists were cautious about using it. Thus, statement Il is correct. + The machines often broke down and repair was costly. + They were nat as effective as their inventors and manufacturers claimed, Based on the above discussion, we can conclude that in the context of the ‘Industrial Revolution’, both ‘the statements | and I! are correct. India's #1 Learning Platform Start Complete Exam Preparation CR aR oa Doers Sipe Fabecc Question 2: View this Question 0 There are two statements, one labeled ‘assertion’ (A) and the other "reason" (R): Assertion (A): The revolutions of 1848 were a direct result of the Industrial Revolution. ‘middle class that was dissatisfied with the ow the old order and create a more democratic Reason (R): The Industrial Revolution creat existing political structure and sou ) ove system, 1. Both late’ (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A). true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). 3. (A) is true but (R)is false. 4, (A) is false and (R) are true. 5. Not Attempted ‘Answer (Detailed Solution Below) Option 1 : Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A). Industrial Revolution Question 2 Detailed Solution The correct answer is Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of ac e © Key Points + Industrialization began in England in the second half parts of the German states it occurred only during + In its wake, new social groups came into being: a made up of industrialists, businessmen, profes: tury, but in France and s population, and middle classes + In Central and Eastern Europe these gi ller in number till jate nineteenth century. + Itwas among the educates, liberal mi that ideas of national unity following the abolition of aristocratic pi gained popularity. + The Industrial Revolution hi atic effect on Europe, creating a new middle class of workers, merchants, and entreprenes. + This new middle class was increasingly dissatisfied with the existing political structure, which largely excluded them from having any say in the political process. + Asa result, they sought to overthrow the old order and create a more democratic system of government. + This led to a wave of mass protests and revolutions across Europe in 1848, as the middle class sought to establish a new system of government that was more responsive to their needs and concems. + The revolutions of 1848 thus marked the beginning of a period of intense social unrest and political upheaval, as the middle class sought to create a more egalitarian and democratic system of government. + This period of upheaval would last for many years and ultimately lead to the establishment of new political ideologies, such as socialism and communism, that would shape the course of European history. eee eu paren) Start Complete Exam Preparation Paro ca pees aeaicd (ex) Rea Pcie Cree eon Download App Question 3: View this Question Online > Industrial revolution began with the invention of 1. Steam Engine 2. Telephone ' & 3. Television 4. Aeroplane » By sromtes Answer (Delailed Solution Below) Option 1: Steam Engine Industrial Revolution Question 3 Detailed Solution © Key Points Industrial Revolution: + The first Industrial revolution was started in Britain Da ues + Ithas impacted the whole world and made a drastic change in the life of the people. + The Industrial Revolution began in England, then spread throughout Europe and then North ‘America during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. + The ultimate goal of the Industrial Revolution was to rely less on human labour in manufacturing processes. + And to alter the industrial steps that used to be powered by Man into’afiother form that is. powered by machines * This dream came true when the discovery of steam power and the invention and development of the steam engine took place. + The first steam engine to be applied industrially wes s the 'fireengine’ or "Miner's Friend”, designed by Thomas Savery in 1698. + Because of the Industrial Revolution, a new system of society that had been emerging in Europe from the 15th century is called capitalism. + The Industrial Revolution AX. the use of the steam engine as its application has increased. Thus, the industrial revolution began with the invention of the steam engine. ©; Additional Information Important invention during the Industrial revolution inventions [invented by ISteam Engine Wames Watt Cotton Gin [Eli Whitney [Telephone \Alexander Graham Bells [Electric Bulb [Thomas Edison India's #1 Learning Platform Start Complete Exam Preparation Dae (BR) dab tve roa Teac pied reser Cx B Download App Question 4: View this Question Online > Who was the leader of the movement known as ‘Luddism' during the industrial revolution? 1. Thomas Savery 2. General Ned Ludd 3. John Kay 4. James Hargreaves 5. Not Attempted % co Answer (Detailed =e Option 2: G bs lution Question 4 Detailed Solution The correct answer is General Ned Ludd, © Key Points + The movement known as Luddism (1811-17) was led by the charismatic General Ned Ludd. + The participants demanded a minimum wage, control over the labour of women and children, work for those who had lost their jobs because of the coming of machinery. + It also demanded the right to form trade unions so that they could legally present these demands. - The original Luddites were British weavers and textile workers who objected to the increased use of mechanized looms and knitting frames + The protest finally reached its peak in April 1812, when a few Luddites were gunned down during an attack on a mill near Huddersfield. © Additional Information cf Nee 0° Important Points [Thomas Savery was the first person to invent a steam pump for the purpose of lpumping out water in 1698. |TOmASs ic credited for the invention of the Imachine for raising water by steam lpressure, for which he took out a patent (No. 356) in 1698, calling it ‘the miner's friend’. ISaven He was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was an important step toward Jautomatic weaving during the industrial John 2 lrevolution. kay It was invented in 1733 and provided to lweave broader fabrics in less time. He invented the machine named ‘spinning fenny in 1765. lame: |With the use of this machine, a single lHargrdpeeson could spin several threads of yarn lsimultaneously. & ee aren Ruri) Start Complete Exam Preparation Ree ar este Pra aad aca Coser parse Question 5: View this Question Online > What resources did Britain benefit from while undergoing the Industrial Revolution? 1. Coal and copper Al 2. lronand cobalt aan — 3. Copper and cobalt 4. Coal and iron 5. Not Attempted Answer (Detailed Solution Below) Option 4: Coal and iron Industrial Revolution Question 5 Detailed Solution XH The correct answer is Coal and iron. © Key Points 4 + The Industrial Revolu' is the transition from small cottage factories to new mass- production factories ey and water power. + Britain benefitted from | urces- coal and iron while undergoing the Industrial revolution. + Britain had large and accessible supplies of coal and iron. + These two were the most important natural resources used to produce the goods for the early Industrial revolution. + Coal was needed in vast quantities to fuel engines and furnaces. + Iron ore was necessary for machines, buildings and bridges. Thus, we can say that Britain benefitted from Coal and Iron while undergoing the Industrial revolution. Top Industrial Revolution Objective Questions cS & eee naa Start Complete Exam Preparation ted by 1,86,00,449+ Student a Ca iccee Hee Download App Question 6 View this Question Online > Who is known as the father of white revolution in India? 5 ee 1. M.S, Swaminathan G 2. V. Kurein ot 3. G.S. Bhalla XO 4. win Qe Answer (Detailed Solution Below) Option 2: V. Kurein Industrial Revolution Question 6 Detailed Solution The correct answer is V. Kurein. + Verghese Kurlen is known as the father of the white revolution in India © Key Points + "Operation Flood’ is a mission to increase the performance of the dairy sector. * Operation Flood was launched in 1970 by National Dairy Development Board curing the time the Fourth Five Year Plan. + Operation flood was the world's biggest dairy development program which gave a maj to the milk production of the nation. + It aimed at helping the dairy industry sustain itself economically whil poor farmers. + The result was that india became the largest producer of Milk and + White Revolution contributed to a large extent to alleviate po + Gujarat-based co-operation “Anand Milk Union Li success of the programme. * Operation Flood is called the White Revolution + The program to Increase the produ + Father of White Revolution in India * Milkman of India - Verghes: . + Indian Dairy Association dé observe the birthday of Verghese Kurien as National Milk Day. ment to the engine behind the lied White Revolution. + National Milk Day - November 26. + ‘Unfinished Dream is a book written by Verghese Kurien + National Dairy Development Board - Anand (Gujarat). + National Dairy Research Institute - Karnal (Haryana). * The largest producer of Milk and Milk Products in the World - India. » Important Points ™ Father of Green Revolution in India - M. S. Swaminathan. |= Father of Green Revolution in World - Norman E. Borlaug. = Father of Panchayati Raj in India - Balwant Rai Mehta Ps India's #1 Learning Platform Start Complete Exam Preparation Bie oar cra Pears ered arn Poorer Crear pees Download App Question? . View this Question Online > Which one among the following is NOT associated with the White Revolution in India? 1. Norman Borlaug 2. Dr. Verghese Kurien “™/” 4. Amul Answer (Detailed Solution Below) Option 1 : Norman Borlaug Industrial Revolution Question 7 Detailed Solution The correct answer is Norman Borlaug. © Key Points + Norman Borlaugis NOT associated with the White Revolution in India. + Norman Ernest Borlaug was an American agronomist who led global projects that contributed to the Green Revolution’s massive increases in agricultural production. + Borlaug was honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Congressional Gold Medal for his efforts » Important Points LN 4% * Verghese Kurien, called the "Father of the White Revolution’ in India, was a social entrepreneur whose “biilion-litre idea” Operation Flood, transformed dairy farming into Indias greatest self- sustaining business and the largest rural employment sector, accounting for a third of all rural income. * Since 1989, Ananda Dairy has been a significant dairy and food manufacturing enterprise in India. + The founding of Amul is linked to India's White Revolution, Ca Tea Mer ae nelin Start Complete Exam Preparation Decca Gipees Practice ores tea rad Download App Question 8 Es t View this Question Online Who invented the first known printing press and where? 1. Henry Ford, USA ; 2. Leo Tolstoy, Russia 3. Sir Henry Morton Stanley, America 4. Johann Gutenberg, Germany ‘Answer (Detailed Solution Below) Option 4: Johann Gutenberg, Germany Industrial Revolution Question 8 Detailed Solution The correct answer is Johann Gutenberg, Germany. es © Key Points + Johann Gutenberg developed the first-known printing press in the 1430s at Strasbourg, Germany. + Johann was the son @iasnerchant Who leamt the art of polishing stones and acquired the expertise to create |ea@immguids. + Drawing on this knowl adapted the existing technology to design his innovation. + The olive press provided the model for the printing press, and moulds were used for casting the metal types for letters of the alphabet. + By 1448, Gutenberg perfected the system. + And the first book he printed was the Bible. Thus, we can say that Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press in Germany. Pg Teen eu barely Start Complete Exam Preparation Ree eee ue eee pcs Crear Download App Question 9 View this Question Online “Blue Revolution’ is related to — 1. Space research 2. Drinking water 3. Poultry 4, Fishing _** Solution Below) + Fishing Industrial Revolution Question 9 Detailed Solution The correct answer is Fishing. © Key Points + The term Blue revolution refers to the remarkable emergence of aquaculture as an important and highly productive agricultural activity. + Dr. Hiralal Chaudhuri and Dr. Arun Krishnsnan are known as the Father of the Blue revolution. + Aquaculture refers to all forms of active culturing of aquatic animals and plants, occurring in marine, brackish, or freshwaters. ; Additional Information + List of all the important Revolutions in India elated with Petroleum lack Revolution proquction lue Revolution rodlliction: rown Revolution [sooo y 3 [Barden Fibre elated with Jute evolution roduction 4 elated with verall Horticulture, ‘olden Revolution F oney, Fruit Production, ft lowers, medicinal, spices. Related with Agriculture + ren Revolution Per cctign : [Gey Revonution Related with Feria Pink Revolution [Related with Onions, c Related with Meat fed Revolution PE iuotion Intended for overall pores .griculture production rowth, Round Revolution fo cauction iver Revolution BG uction 7 Related with Dairy, Milk Ihite Revolution production Related with Oil Seed ‘ellow Revolution roduiction Round Revolution Related with Potato’ Ca Perec Start Complete Exam Preparation CR Oa Se eect Prue ma a Docu Cases Pao D Download App Question 10 View this Question Online » Industrial Revolution started in which of the following country? 1. America 2. England 3. France 4. Russia Det © Solution Below) tion 2: England Industrial Revolution Question 10 Detailed Solution The correct answer is England. © Key Points + The Industrial Revolution It refers to the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th century. Hence, Option 2 is correct. Before the Industrial Revolution, people wove textiles by hand. » Beginning in the middle 1700s, machines did this and other jobs as well. The Industrial Revolution started in England and soon spread to Continental Europe and North America. It brought economic changes which took place in the eighteenth and the nineteenth centuries and completely transformed European society. ‘The Industrial Revolution brought about two main changes, viz. it replaced the domestic system by factory system and small scale production by mass production. oo The Industrial Revolution marked a period of development in the latter half kein century that transformed largely rural, agrarian societies in Europe industrialized, urban ones. Goods that had once been painstakingly crafted by hand conan & inmass quantities by machines in factories, thanks to the introducti chines and techniques in textiles, iron making, and other industries. ‘The Industrial Revolution began in Britain and S' world, including the United States, by the 1830s and 1840s. Britain had a long history of producing But before the Industrial Revolutio industry.’ with the work performed spinners, weavers, end I linen, and cotton. xtile business was a true “cottage jorkshops or even homes by individual i Additional Information Important invention during the Industrial revolution [inventions —Jinventedby | India's #1 Learning Platform Serena Start Complete Exam Preparation ca ers Pb Lae MasterClasses creed Download App err Question 11 View this Question Online > Which among the following is/are an impact of Industrial Revolution? 1. Exploitation of resources ry 2. Long working Hours disturbed social fabric 3 ay of the middle class 4. All of the above Answer (Detailed Solution Below) Option 4: Alll of the above Industrial Revolution Question 11 Detalled Solution The Correct Answer is Option 4 i.e All of the above. see i * The Economic impacts of the Industrial Revolution. ~ New inventions and developments » Rapid Growth of Industry » Increased production and high demand forraw materials » Exploitation of resources ¥ a > Advances in travel, transport, and agriculture + Social impacts of the jal Revolution. = Long working Industrial revolution began with the Invention of 1, Steam Engine 2. Telephone 3. Television 4 4, Aeroplane. a ‘Answer (Detailed Solution Below) Option 1 : Steam Engine Industrial Revolution Question 12 Detalled Solution © Key Points Industrial Revolution: + The first Industrial revolution was started in Britain + It has impacted the whole world and made a drastic change in the life of the people. + The Industrial Revolution began in England, then spread throughout Europe and then North, America during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ‘ + The ultimate goal of the Industrial Revolution was to rely less on human labour in manufacturing processes + And to alter the industrial steps that used to be powered by Man into another form that is, powered by machines * This dream came true when the discovery of steam power and in Invention and development of the steam engine took place. + The first steam engine to be applied industrially was the “ireengine’ or"Miners Friend’, designed by Thomas Savery in 1698. + Because of the Industrial Revolution, a new v system of society that had been emerging in Europe from the 15th century is called capitalism. + The Industrial Revolution hy eased the use of the steam engine as its application has increased. ‘Thus, the industrial revolution began with the invention of the steam engine. §; Additional Information Important invention during the Industrial revolution [inventions _|Invented by ISieam Engine James Watt [Cotton Gin [Eli Whitney [Telephone [Alexander Graham Bells [Electric Bulb_[Thomas Edison ea eee arco Reet) BS Ela merlin Cael TTL) Orr eed 3 5] Nass DCS eiery Question Bank Download App Eyota) Question 13 View this Question Online > Who among the following Is called the Father of the Green Revolution in India? . Gurdev Khush nv Verghese Kurien }. MS Swaminathan 4. Norman Borlaug Answer (Detailed Solution gO f Option 3: “o ou re Question 13 Detailed Solution ‘The correct answer is MS Swaminathan. @ Key Points + The Indian Green Revolution was the brainchild of M.S. Swaminathan. + The Indian Green Revolution was a part of the larger and global Green Revolution started by Norman Borlaug. + The green revolution is referred to as a period when Indian agriculture was converted into an industrial system due to the adoption of modern methods and technologies. © Additional Information - Father of Different Disciplines Father of Name ‘Agronomy Peter Decrescenzi Agricultural Chemistry [Justus von Leibig Extension education [J PLeagnes Green Revolution [Dr NEBorlaug Green revolution in India |Dr.M.S.Swaminathan Golden revolution in India [Dr K.C.Chadha Ornamental Gardening _|V.S.Randhawa Hybrid rice ‘uan Long Ping Soil Science [Dokuchelev White revolution Dr Varghese Kurien ‘REVOIUTION Golden | Related with Overall Horticulture, . Revolution} Honey, Frult Production Oc Blue P Revolution| Related with Fish Production Grey Related with Fertil pevorwon| elated with Fertilizers White “eh De Revoluton| Related with Dairy, Mik Production Yellow . Revoluton| Related with Oil Seed Production Pink Related with Meat end Revolution Pouitry Production Black Revolution] Related with Petroleum Production ee ieee ae uah poeta) Start Complete Exam Preparation Ree ar ees rc) Pea fae Mock Tests MasterCles Cree Exons cs Download App Question 14 View this Question Online > Calico cloth, which had a great demand in Britain was a product from 1. Dacca i " 2. Jammu and Kashmir 4, ne of the above Answer (Detailed Solution Below) Option 3 : Calicut Industrial Revolution Question 14 Detailed Solution In the 1700s the English East India Company was sending cotton cloth from India to England. Soon, Calico cloth made in Calicut and Dacca Muslin and Kashmir Shawls were in great demi England. ikon & + As of now, the city's official name is Kozhikode. It is a city in the + In English, itis sometimes known by its anna ve vc Ca + The word calico, a fine variety of hand-woven orted from the port of Kozhikode, is thought to have been derived fror Jammu and Kashmir: & + Jammu and Kashmir, a union territo tn is located in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent in the vicinit ram and westernmost Himalayan mountain ranges. + The Kashmir shawl is a awl Identified by the distinctive Kashmiri weave, and for being made of fine shahtoosh or pashmina wool. Contemporary variants include the pashmina and shahtoosh shawis. Dacca (Dhaka) + Dhaka which was formerly known as Daceais the capital city in the country of Bangladesh. + Muslin is a brand name of pre-colonial Bengal textiles, especially of Dhaka origins. * It was famous all around the world for being unusually fine and was sometimes called Malmal. + Muslin was manufactured in the city of Dhaka and in some surrounding stations, by the local skill with locally produced cotton and attained worldwide fame as the Dhaka Muslin. “ee ee seo ac CA Start Complete Exam Preparation ras praca lac Vente Caeser Download App Question 15 x View this Question Online > Karl Marx explained the process of class struggle with the help of which one of the following theories? +. Empitical Liberalism

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