Exercise: The Age of Industrialization
Multiple Choice Questions
Fill in the Blanks
- The cloth merchants in England purchased wool from ______.
- Cotton was the first symbol of the ________.
- James Watt improved the steam engine produced by ________.
- In 1772, a company official ________ had said that the demand for Indian textiles could never reduce.
- The first cotton mill was set up in _______ in Bombay.
- Industrialists usually employed a ________ to get new recruits.
- When Indian manufacturers advertised _______ message was clearly seen.
Answers
(1). Stapler, (2). The new era, (3). New Comen, (4). Henry Patullo, (5). 1854, (6). Jobber, (7). The nationalist
True/ False
- Railways expanded in England from the 1840s and in the colonies from the 1860s. (T/ F)
- At the beginning of 19th century, there were only 120 steam engines in England. (T/ F)
- In Victorian Britain, the upper classes, the aristocrats and the bourgeoisie preferred handmade things. (T/ F)
- The fear of unemployment made workers welcome to the new technology. (T/ F)
- Till the First World War, European Managing Agencies infact controlled a large sector of Indian industries. (T/ F)
Answers
(1). True, (2). False, (3). True, (4). False, (5). True
One-Word Answer
- Which mill had opened in Kanpur in 1860s?
- Which music company published a music book in 1900?
- In which country did the industrial revolution take place at first?
- Where was J. N. Tata established the iron and steel factory of India?
- Which god’s image was printed on the Gripe Water Calender of 1928?
- Who invented the Spinning Jenny?
Answers
(1). Elgin Mill, (2). E.T. Paull, (3). England, (4). Jamshedpur, (5). Bal Krishna, (6). James
Match the column
| Section A | Section B |
|---|---|
| 1). Spinning Jenny | a). Machilipatnam |
| 2). Cotton Textile Milli | b). Gujarat |
| 3). Coromandal Coast | c). James Hargreaves |
| 4). Surat port | d). Richard Arkwright |
| 5). Bhai Bhosle | e). Steam Engine |
| 6). James Watt | f). Trade Union Activist |
Answers
(1). > (c), (2). > (d), (3). > (a), (4). > (b), (5). > (f), (6). > (e)

