History

The Age of Industrialisation

Question:

Name any two European Managing Agencies which controlled a large sector of the Indian industries. Describe any  three functions performed by such agencies. (CBSE 2013)

Answer:

European Managing Agencies which controlled a large sector of the Indian industries were : (i) Bird Heiglers & Co.
(ii) Andrew Yule, and
(iii) Jardme Skinner & Co.
Functions :
(i) European Managing Agencies mobilised capital.
(ii) They set up joint stock companies and managed them.
(iii) In most instances. Indian financiers provided the capital while the European Agencies made all investment and business decisions. The European merchants- industrialists had then own chambers of commerce which Indian businessmen were not allowed to join.

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The Age of Industrialisation

Q 1.

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 2.

Write a brief note on the East India company.

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

What was fly shuttle ?

Q 5.

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 6.

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

Q 7.

Explain the impact of industrialisation on
(a) Women
(b) Children
(c) Do you think child labour is still a major problem? Suggest any two ways to check child labour.

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

Who created the cotton mill ? How did it help in improving the production ?

Q 13.

Name the ports which grew during the colonial period.

Q 14.

Who were Gomasthas ? [CASE 2014]

Q 15.

When was the first cotton mill established in Bombay ?

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

What was importance of advertisements in expanding the market during the colonial period ?

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

What is the importance of advertisement? How advertisement was used by the Britishers to expand the market for their products?

Q 21.

What was the role of trade guilds ? Explain.

Q 22.

Who created the cotton mill ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 23.

Who was a jobber ?

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

Why did Industrial production in India increase during the First World War?

Q 27.

What was the Swadeshi movement?

Q 28.

Explain what is meant by proto industrialisation.

Q 29.

Name the provinces where most of the large-scale industries were located. How can you say that small-scale production continued to predominate even in the late 20th century ?

Q 30.

In the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries, the merchants from the towns in Europe began moving to the countryside.' Give reasons.
Or
Explain any three major problems faced by the new European merchants in setting up their industries in towns before the Industrial Revolution. [CBSE 2008 (D) Sept. 2012]
Or
What is meant by proto-industrialisation ? Why was it successful in the countryside in England in the 17th century ?  [CBSE Sept. 2008. 2011. 2012]
Or
Throw light on production during the proto-industrialisation phase in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries with an example. [CBSF. Sept. 2010]

Q 31.

By the first decade of the 20th century, a series of changes affected the pattern of industrialisation in India. Explain.  [CBSE 2008. Sept. 2013]

Q 32.

Industrialisation was a mixed blessing.’ Explain by giving examples. [CBSE 2014]

Q 33.

Why women workers attacked the spinning Jenny a machine which was introduced in Britain ?

Q 34.

Why there were clashes between weavers and gomasthas ?

Q 35.

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

Q 36.

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

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 39.

Which industry was symbol of the new era ?

Q 40.

Name the goods from India Which dominated the international market before the age of machine industries.

Q 41.

‘By I860. Indian weavers could not get sufficient supply of raw cotton of good quality.' Give reason.

Q 42.

What was the impact of the First World War on the British industries ?

Q 43.

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 44.

Explain the following :
(a) Woman workers in Britain attacked the Spinning Jenny. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
(b) In the seventeenth century, merchants from towns In Europe began employing peasants and artisans within the villages.
(c) The port of Surat declined by the end of the eighteenth century.
(d) The East India Company appointed Gomasthas to supervise the weavers in India. [CBSE Sept. 2011]

Q 45.

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

Q 46.

Why was East India Company keen on expanding textile exports from India during the 1760 ? Explain any three reasons. [CBSE 2013]

Q 47.

“Certain group of weavers were in a better position than others to survive the competition with mill industries-. Explain. [CBSE 2014]

Q 48.

Who was a jobber ? Explain his functions. [CBSE 200S. Sept. 2010. 2011. 2012} Or
Why was a jobber employed ? How did jobber misuse his position and power ? Explain. (CBSE 2013]

Q 49.

Mention any four features of the proto ¬industrial system. [CBSE Svpt. 2010]
Or
Explain the main features of proto ¬industrialisation. [CBSE 2010 (0)]
Or
What was proto-industrialisation ? Why did the poor peasants and artisans in the countryside begin to work for the merchants from the towns ? [CBSE 2012]

Q 50.

By the beginning of the 19th century, there was a long decline of textile exports from India.’ Explain by giving reasons. [CBSE 2008]
Or
Explain three reasons for the decline of Indian textile industry by the end of 19th century. [CBSE Sept. 2010]