History

The Age of Industrialisation

Question:

What is meant by proto-industrialisation ? How did it affect the rural peasants and artisans ? [CBSE 2012]
Or
How did the poor peasants and artisans benefit during the proto-industrialisation phase? [CBSE 2011]

Answer:

It was the phase of industrialisation before the Industrial Revolution, where there was large- scale industrial production for an international market which was not factory based.
Impact:
(i) Full utilisation of family labour resources : By working for the merchants the poor peasants and the artisans could continue to remain in the countryside and cultivate their small plots.
(iii) Income: Income from proto-industrial production supplemented their shrinking income from cultivation. It also allowed them a fuller use of their family labour resources.

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The Age of Industrialisation

Q 1.

Which pre-colonial port connected India to the Gulf countries and the Red Sea ports ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]

Q 2.

During the first world war years industrial production in India boomed. Give reason.

Q 3.

Give reasons why the handloom weavers in India survived the onslaught of the machine made textiles of Manchester ?  [CBSE Sept. 2010]
Or
How did small scale industries survive in India despite of Industrialisation ?  [CBSE 2013]

Q 4.

Name the ports which grew during the colonial period.

Q 5.

What were guilds ?

Q 6.

What was the impact of colonisation of India on the Indian traders and merchants ?

Q 7.

Industrialisation brought a big change in social structure. Do you agree? Justify.

Q 8.

“By the 1860s Indian weavers failed to get sufficient supply of raw cotton of good quality”. Give reason.

Q 9.

Which industry was symbol of the new era ?

Q 10.

Name the provinces where most of the large-scale industries were located during the colonial period.

Q 11.

What technological change helped in improving production of India industry during the 20th century ?

Q 12.

What is proto-industrialisation ?

Q 13.

Who discovered the Spinning Jenny ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 14.

Name any two regions of colonial India which were famous for large-scale industries.

Q 15.

Name any four major centres of cotton textile of India during the colonial period.

Q 16.

Explain the major features of the industrialisation process of Europe in the 19th century. [CBSE Compt. 2008 (O)]

Q 17.

Why did the upper class people prefer to use hand products in the Victorian period ? Explain with examples.
Why in Victorian Britain, the upper classes preferred things produced by hand ? Give three reasons. (CBSE Sept. 2010)

Q 18.

What were the benefits enjoyed by the villagers in the proto- industrial system.

Q 19.

What is meant by proto-industrialisation ? How did it affect the rural peasants and artisans ? [CBSE 2012]
Or
How did the poor peasants and artisans benefit during the proto-industrialisation phase? [CBSE 2011]

Q 20.

Write a short note on the development of factories in India.
Or
Explain the growth of factories in India.

Q 21.

Why there were clashes between weavers and gomasthas ?

Q 22.

When Indian manufacturers advertised, the nationalist message was clear and loud."What was the message ?

Q 23.

Explain what is meant by proto industrialisation.

Q 24.

“Under the colonial era the Indian merchants were discriminated and space within which Indian merchants could function became increasingly limited’. Justify.

Q 25.

Write a brief note on the Spinning Jenny.

Q 26.

What were the benefits enjoyed by the villagers in the proto- industrial system?

Q 27.

The introduction of which new technology in England angered women ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 28.

"In Victorian Britain, the upper classes – the aristocrats and the bourgeoisie – preferred things produced by hand". Give reason.

Q 29.

Name the European Managing agencies which controlled the large sector of Indian industries.

Q 30.

Who was a jobber ?

Q 31.

The East India Company appointed gomasthas to supervise weavers in India.

Q 32.

Write a brief note on the cotton Industry

Q 33.

Name any three pre-colonial ports of India.

Q 34.

When was the first cotton mill established in Bombay ?

Q 35.

Name any four entrepreneurs of India who set factories during colonial period.

Q 36.

When Manchester industrialists began selling cloth in India, they put labels with pictures on the cloth bundles. Why did they do so ? Explain.

Q 37.

Why did the industrial production in India increase during the First World War ? [CBSE Sept. 2011]

Q 38.

Explain any five causes of industrial revolution in England. [CBSE 2013.2014]

Q 39.

Mention the major features of Indian textiles before the age of machine industries.

Q 40.

What steps were taken by the East India Company to contiol the market of cotton and silk goods ? [CBSE 2009 (D)]
Or
The establishment of political power by the East India Company resulted in ruination of the Indian weavers. Support the statement with suitable examples.  [CBSE 2012]

Q 41.

How did it change after the First World War ? [CBSE 2013]

Q 42.

Why the pre-colonial ports i.e. Surat and Masulipatnam declined by the 1750's ?

Q 43.

”Before establishing political power in Bengal and Carnatic in the 1760 and 1770s, the East India Company had found it difficult to ensure a regular supply of goods for export. Give reasons.

Q 44.

Who were Gomasthas ? [CASE 2014]

Q 45.

What was fly shuttle ?

Q 46.

How the Indian and British manufacturers tried to expand their market ?

Q 47.

Mention any three social causes of the clashes between Gomasthas and Villagers. [CBSE 2014]

Q 48.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 49.

Discuss the plight of the Indian weavers with the advent of the East India company.

Q 50.

What were the problems faced by the textile manufacturers in India in the late 1800s ?