The Age of Industrialisation Quiz — 7 Free Questions

Question 1

For producers of seasonal goods, whose demand fluctuated with the time of year, which kind of labour was usually preferred?

Question 2

In which year did Seth Hukumchand set up this first Indian jute mill in Calcutta?

Question 3

In which kinds of ventures did European managing agencies mostly invest?

Question 4

Besides closing their workshops, what alternative livelihood did some former weavers take up?

Question 5

Which kind of cotton did most other countries mainly produce, since fine textiles came from India?

Question 6

After spinning, to which workers was the yarn taken next, to be turned into cloth?

Question 7

What did European trading companies gradually secure from local Indian courts, to strengthen their trading position?

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About The Age of Industrialisation

This quiz covers Chapter 4 of CBSE Class 10 History (India and the Contemporary World II), The Age of Industrialisation.

It opens with proto-industrialisation, the countryside-based system of production for an international market that existed well before factories, and the close relationship between merchants, peasants, and artisans.

It then covers the rise of the factory system in England, Richard Arkwright's cotton mill, and why many traditional industries stayed slow to adopt steam-powered technology.

It moves on to the lives of workers under industrialisation, and the decline of India's once-flourishing textile trade under East India Company control, including the gomastha and the system of advances.

It covers how cheap machine-made cloth from Manchester reshaped the Indian market, and the rise of Indian-owned cotton and jute mills, along with the early entrepreneurs who built them.

It then covers where India's industrial workers came from, the jobber system, and the peculiarities of Indian industrial growth, including the boom during the First World War.

It closes with the continued importance of small-scale and handloom production, and how advertisements and calendar art helped create new markets and a sense of national pride in swadeshi goods.

Every question comes with a clear, simple explanation, so incorrect answers become as instructive as correct ones, whether you are revising for a school test or a board exam.