History

The Age of Industrialisation

Question:

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

Answer:

The Spinning Jenny.

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The Age of Industrialisation

Q 1.

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 2.

Name the ports which grew during the colonial period.

Q 3.

What were guilds ?

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

Who were Gomasthas ? [CASE 2014]

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

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 12.

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

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

Why could Britain not recapture her hold on the Indian market after the Rrst World War ? Explain. [CBSE 2009 (F)]
Or
Explain the impact of the First World War on Britain’s economy ? [CBSE Sept. 2010.2011]

Q 15.

What was Spinning Jenny ?

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

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 19.

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 20.

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

Q 21.

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 22.

What was the result of the import of Manchester cloth to India ?

Q 23.

Explain what is meant by proto-Industrialisation.

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

What was the role of trade guilds ? Explain.

Q 26.

Which industry was symbol of the new era ?

Q 27.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 28.

Write a brief note on the cotton Industry

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

Why the production of cotton industry boomed in the late 19th century ?
Or
How had a series of inventions in the eighteenth century increased the efficiency of each step of the production process in cotton textile industry ? Explain. [CBSE 2008]

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

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 34.

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

Q 35.

Name any three pre-colonial ports of India.

Q 36.

”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 37.

Who was a jobber ?

Q 38.

Write a brief note on the cotton Industry.

Q 39.

How did the abundance of labour in the market affect the lives of the workers in Britain during the nineteenth century? Explain with examples. [CBSE Comp. (O) 2008]

Q 40.

The proto-industrialisation helped in building a close relationship between the town and the countryside”. Explain.

Q 41.

Explain the major features of pre colonial trade and industries.

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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 44.

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

Q 45.

Why was it difficult for the new European merchants to set up business in town in the 17th and 18th centuries ?

Q 46.

Who invented the steam engine ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

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