History

The Age of Industrialisation

Question:

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

Answer:

(i) It ruined the cloth industry in India because the Manchester cloth was both cheap, showy and durable.
(ii) The weavers were forced to give up their ancestral profession of cloth weaving and had to work as labourers in urban areas.

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The Age of Industrialisation

Q 1.

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

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

Explain what is meant by proto-Industrialisation.

Q 4.

Why did some Industrialists in nineteenth-century Europe prefer hand labour over machines?

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

Explain the major features of pre colonial trade and industries.

Q 10.

What was Spinning Jenny ?

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

Why did the peasants agree to accept advances made by the merchants to produce goods for them in Europe during the 17th and the 18th centuries* ? Explain three reasons. [CBSE Comp. (D) 2008]
Or
How were new merchant groups in Europe able to spread their business in the countryside before the Industrial Revolution ? Explain.
Or
Briefly explain the method and system of production in the countryside in England.
[CBSE 2013]

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

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

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 21.

Write a brief note on the cotton Industry.

Q 22.

Why did the network of export trade in textiles controlled by the Indian merchants break down by the 1750s ? Mention any two effects of such a breakdown ? [CBSE 2013]

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

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 28.

Which industry was symbol of the new era ?

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

Name the ports which grew during the colonial period.

Q 35.

What was fly shuttle ?

Q 36.

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

Q 37.

Write a brief note on the East India company.

Q 38.

Write a brief note on the Spinning Jenny.

Q 39.

Explain what is meant by proto industrialisation.

Q 40.

What was the role of trade guilds ? Explain.

Q 41.

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

Q 42.

In the 20th century, the handloom cloth production expanded steadily, i.e.. almost trebling between 1900 and 1940.’ Give reasons.
Or
What led to expansion In handloom craft production between 1900 and 1940 ? [CBSE Sept. 2010]

Q 43.

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 44.

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 45.

The port of Surat and Hoogly declined by the end of the ISth century.’ Explain. [CBSE Sept. 2012]

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

Explain the role of Indian merchants and bankers in the network of export trade.
Or
What role did the Indian merchants play in the growth of textile industries before 1750 ? Explain any three points. [CBSE 2011]

Q 48.

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 49.

What were guilds ?

Q 50.

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