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Class 10 History Chapter 4 Quiz

The Age of Industrialisation

1. Which was the first industry to be established in England?
a) Iron and steel b) Cotton textile c) Ship building d) Coal mining

2. Who invented the steam engine that revolutionised industry?
a) Richard Arkwright b) James Watt c) Samuel Crompton d) Mathew Boulton

3. What was ‘proto-industrialisation’?
a) Factory-based production b) Large-scale production for international market before factories c) Use of steam power d) Production by guilds only

4. Who set up the first cotton mill in Bombay?
a) Dinshaw Petit b) Jamsetjee Tata c) Seth Hukumchand d) None of these

5. The Spinning Jenny was invented by:
a) Samuel Crompton b) James Hargreaves c) Richard Arkwright d) John Kay

6. What is meant by ‘guilds’? (2 marks)

7. Name two early Indian entrepreneurs. (2 marks)

8. State three reasons for the decline of Indian textile industries in the 19th century. (3 marks)

9. Explain the impact of industrialisation on the lives of workers in Britain. (3 marks)

10.
a) Describe the main features of proto-industrialisation.
b) How did colonial rule affect industrial growth in India? (5 marks)

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