History

The Age of Industrialisation

Question:

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

Answer:

(i) Producers of coarse cloth: Amongst weavers some produced coarse cloth while others wove finer varieties. The coarser cloth was bought, by the poor and its demand fluctuated violently. In times of bad harvests and famines when the rural poor had little to eat. and their cash income disappeared, they could not possibly buy cloth.
(ii) Producers of finer varieties: The producers of finer varieties were in a better position because the demand for the finer varieties bought by the well- to-do was more stable. The rich could buy these even when the poor starved. Famines did not affect the sale of Banarasi or Baluchari saris. Moreover, as you have seen, mills could not imitate specialised weavers. Saris with woven borders, or the famous lungis and handkerchiefs of Madras, could not be easy displaced by mill production.

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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.

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 5.

What was fly shuttle ?

Q 6.

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 7.

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

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

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

Q 13.

Who were Gomasthas ? [CASE 2014]

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

Name the ports which grew during the colonial period.

Q 16.

Why there were clashes between weavers and gomasthas ?

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

When was the first cotton mill established in Bombay ?

Q 19.

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

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.

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 23.

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

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

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

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.

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 31.

Who created the cotton mill ? [CBSE 2014]

Q 32.

Who was a jobber ?

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

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

Q 35.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 36.

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

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

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

Q 40.

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 41.

How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from the Indian weavers ?

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

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 45.

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 46.

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 47.

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]

Q 48.

How was proto-industrialisation different from factory production ?

Q 49.

Which industry was symbol of the new era ?

Q 50.

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