Exercise: The Age of Industrialization

Multiple Choice Questions

In which of the following years, E. T. Paull published his music book?

In which decade the earliest factories came up in England?

The first textile mill set up in Mumbai_

When did cotton textile production double in India?

When did the image of Two Magicians publish in Inland Printers?

When did the India's first jute mill begin in Bengal?

In which year, James Watt patented the steam engine?

What was the share of cotton goods in total export in 1811-12?


Fill in the Blanks

  1. The cloth merchants in England purchased wool from ______.
  2. Cotton was the first symbol of the ________.
  3. James Watt improved the steam engine produced by ________.
  4. In 1772, a company official ________ had said that the demand for Indian textiles could never reduce.
  5. The first cotton mill was set up in _______ in Bombay.
  6. Industrialists usually employed a ________ to get new recruits.
  7. 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

  1. Railways expanded in England from the 1840s and in the colonies from the 1860s. (T/ F)
  2. At the beginning of 19th century, there were only 120 steam engines in England. (T/ F)
  3. In Victorian Britain, the upper classes, the aristocrats and the bourgeoisie preferred handmade things. (T/ F)
  4. The fear of unemployment made workers welcome to the new technology. (T/ F)
  5. 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

  1. Which mill had opened in Kanpur in 1860s?
  2. Which music company published a music book in 1900?
  3. In which country did the industrial revolution take place at first?
  4. Where was J. N. Tata established the iron and steel factory of India?
  5. Which god’s image was printed on the Gripe Water Calender of 1928?
  6. 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 ASection B
1). Spinning Jennya). Machilipatnam
2). Cotton Textile Millib). Gujarat
3). Coromandal Coastc). James Hargreaves
4). Surat portd). Richard Arkwright
5). Bhai Bhoslee). Steam Engine
6). James Wattf). Trade Union Activist
Answers

(1). > (c), (2). > (d), (3). > (a), (4). > (b), (5). > (f), (6). > (e)