Who was a jobber ?
Jobber was an old and trusted worker employed by the Indian industrialists to recruit the new workers.
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)
Name the provinces where most of the large-scale industries were located during the colonial period.
Which pre-colonial port connected India to the Gulf countries and the Red Sea ports ? [CBSE Sept. 2010, 2011]
What technological change helped in improving production of India industry during the 20th century ?
Give reasons why the handloom weavers in India survived the onslaught of the machine made textiles of Manchester ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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How did small scale industries survive in India despite of Industrialisation ? [CBSE 2013]
“By the 1860s Indian weavers failed to get sufficient supply of raw cotton of good quality”. Give reason.
Why could Britain not recapture her hold on the Indian market after the Rrst World War ? Explain. [CBSE 2009 (F)]
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Explain the impact of the First World War on Britain’s economy ? [CBSE Sept. 2010.2011]
What is meant by proto-industrialisation ? How did it affect the rural peasants and artisans ? [CBSE 2012]
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How did the poor peasants and artisans benefit during the proto-industrialisation phase? [CBSE 2011]
"In Victorian Britain, the upper classes – the aristocrats and the bourgeoisie – preferred things produced by hand". Give reason.
When Manchester industrialists began selling cloth in India, they put labels with pictures on the cloth bundles. Why did they do so ? Explain.
Mention any four features of the proto ¬industrial system. [CBSE Svpt. 2010]
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Explain the main features of proto ¬industrialisation. [CBSE 2010 (0)]
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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]
By the beginning of the 19th century, there was a long decline of textile exports from India.’ Explain by giving reasons. [CBSE 2008]
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Explain three reasons for the decline of Indian textile industry by the end of 19th century. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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]
The proto-industrialisation helped in building a close relationship between the town and the countryside”. Explain.
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]
Why the production of cotton industry boomed in the late 19th century ?
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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]
Explain the major features of the industrialisation process of Europe in the 19th century. [CBSE Compt. 2008 (O)]
By the first decade of the 20th century, a series of changes affected the pattern of industrialisation in India. Explain. [CBSE 2008. Sept. 2013]
Name the goods from India Which dominated the international market before the age of machine industries.
”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.
When Indian manufacturers advertised, the nationalist message was clear and loud."What was the message ?
Mention any five restrictions imposed by the British government upon the Indian merchants In the 19th century. [CBSE 2011]
“Certain group of weavers were in a better position than others to survive the competition with mill industries-. Explain. [CBSE 2014]
In the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries, the merchants from the towns in Europe began moving to the countryside.' Give reasons.
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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]
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What is meant by proto-industrialisation ? Why was it successful in the countryside in England in the 17th century ? [CBSE Sept. 2008. 2011. 2012]
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Throw light on production during the proto-industrialisation phase in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries with an example. [CBSF. Sept. 2010]
Explain the impact of the First World War on the Indian industries. [CBSE Sept. 2010]
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Describe the peculiarities of Indian industrial growth during the First World War. [ICBSE 2010(0)]
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How did the World War prove to be a boon to the Indian Industries ? Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2012]