History

The Age of Industrialisation

Question:

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

Answer:

James Hargreaves.

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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.

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

Q 5.

What was Spinning Jenny ?

Q 6.

Explain what is meant by proto-Industrialisation.

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

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

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.

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

Q 14.

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 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.

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

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

Write a brief note on the cotton Industry.

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

Which industry was symbol of the new era ?

Q 26.

What was fly shuttle ?

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

How do Cloth Merchants function?

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

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 32.

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

Q 33.

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

Q 34.

Write a brief note on the East India company.

Q 35.

What was the role of trade guilds ? Explain.

Q 36.

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

Q 37.

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 38.

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 39.

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 40.

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

Q 41.

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 42.

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 43.

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

Q 44.

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

Q 45.

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

Q 46.

Name the ports which grew during the colonial period.

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

Write a brief note on the cotton Industry

Q 50.

Write a brief note on the Spinning Jenny.