History

The Age of Industrialisation

Question:

Explain what is meant by proto industrialisation.

Answer:

The parly phase ol industrialisation in which large-scale production was carried out for international market not at factories but in decentralised units.

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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.

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

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

What was Spinning Jenny ?

Q 8.

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 9.

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

Q 10.

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

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.

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

Q 13.

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

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

Write a brief note on the cotton Industry.

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

Explain the major features of pre colonial trade and industries.

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 21.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

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 24.

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

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

Explain the following :
(a) Woman workers in Britain attacked the Spinning Jenny. [CBSE Sept. 2011]
(b) In the seventeenth century, merchants from towns In Europe began employing peasants and artisans within the villages.
(c) The port of Surat declined by the end of the eighteenth century.
(d) The East India Company appointed Gomasthas to supervise the weavers in India. [CBSE Sept. 2011]

Q 28.

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 29.

Name the ports which grew during the colonial period.

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

How was proto-industrialisation different from factory production ?

Q 35.

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

Q 36.

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

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

Name any three pre-colonial ports of India.

Q 40.

When was the first cotton mill established in Bombay ?

Q 41.

What was fly shuttle ?

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

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 45.

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 46.

Write a brief note on the East India company.

Q 47.

Write a brief note on the Spinning Jenny.

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

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]