History

The Age of Industrialisation

Question:

Write True or False against each statement:
(a) At the end of the 19th century, 80 per cent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector.
(b) The international market for textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.
(c) The American Civil War resulted in the reduction of cotton exports from India.
(d) The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled the handloom workers to improve their productivity.

Answer:

(a) False (b) True (c) False (d) True

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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.

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

Q 4.

Explain what is meant by proto-Industrialisation.

Q 5.

What was Spinning Jenny ?

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

Explain the major features of pre colonial trade and industries.

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

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

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

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 16.

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

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

Write a brief note on the cotton Industry.

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

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 25.

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 26.

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

Q 27.

Write a brief note on the East India company.

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

Name the ports which grew during the colonial period.

Q 30.

What was fly shuttle ?

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 34.

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 35.

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 36.

Which industry was symbol of the new era ?

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

What was the role of trade guilds ? Explain.

Q 40.

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 41.

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 42.

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 43.

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 44.

Why the system of advances proved harmful for the weavers ?

Q 45.

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

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

Assess the impact of the American Civil War on the plight of Weavers in India during second half at the 18th century.  [CBSE 2014]

Q 49.

Write a brief note on the Spinning Jenny.

Q 50.

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