The Age of Industrialisation Class 10 MCQ Ch 4 History

byMr. Chandan

 The Age of Industrialisation MCQs will help students while studying the chapter related to the Age of Industrialisation. It is an important chapter in the syllabus of Class 10 Social Science. Solving the Age of Industrialisation MCQ Questions, in addition to referring to the CBSE Notes for Class 10 Social Science, will help students to understand the chapters in a comprehensive manner and be better prepared while facing the examination.

Students must solve MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science to help them understand their level of preparation. The Age of Industrialisation MCQs given below will help students to revise and recollect the important concepts and points related to topics such as the period before industrialisation, the pace of industrial change, steam power, hand labour, life of workers, industrialisation in colonies, the status of weavers, the arrival of Manchester goods in India, the introduction of factories in India, and market for goods.  

MCQ Questions for Class 10 Social Science - The Age of Industrialisation

1. Which was the first industrial nation of the world ?
  • Britain
  • India
  • USA
  • USSR
Answer : Britain

2. For whom did poor peasants and artisans in the countryside begin working ?
  • For Britishers
  • For Merchants
  • For Indians 
  • For foreigners
Answer : For Merchants

3. How many workers were employed by each merchant at each stage of cloth production before the Industrial Revolution ?
  • 30 - 35
  • 50 - 100
  • 20 - 25
  • 70 - 80
Answer : 20 - 25

4. What was the first symbol of the new era in Britain ?
  • Iron
  • Wind energy
  • Petroleum
  • Cotton
Answer : Cotton

5. How much raw cotton was Britain importing in 1760 to feed its cotton industry ?
  • 2.5 million pounds
  • 3 million pounds
  • 250 million bales
  • 4 million pounds
Answer : 2.5 million pounds

6. Which of these were the most dynamic industries in Britain ?
  • Petrol and Diesal
  • Cotton and metals
  • Iron industry
  • Railway industry
Answer : Cotton and metals

7. Which industry led the way in Britain after 1840's ?
  • Petroleum industry
  • Railway industry
  • Iron and steel industry
  • Cotton industry
Answer : Iron and steel industry

8. Because of the expansion of ................., the demand for iron and steel increased rapidly.
  • Steam engine
  • Ship industry
  • Cotton industry
  • Railways
Answer : Railways

9. Who manufactured the new model of the steam engine ?
  • Mathew Boulton
  • Richard Archright
  • James Watt
  • Paul Wilson
Answer : Mathew Boulton

10. From where did Armenian and Persian merchants take goods ?
  • Punjab
  • Eastern Persia
  • Central Asia
  • All of these
Answer : All of these

11. Who linked the port towns to the inland regions ?
  • Supply merchants
  • Britishers
  • Indian traders
  • None of these
Answer : Supply merchants

12. By whom did trade through the new ports come to be controlled ?
  • Governments
  • Europe companies
  • State Governments
  • All of these
Answer : Europe companies

13. Where was the Elgin Mill started in India ?
  • Lucknow
  • Patna
  • Kanpur
  • Delhi
Answer : Kanpur

14. When did the first spinning and weaving mill of Madras begin production ?
  • 1874
  • 1864
  • 1884
  • 1854
Answer : 1874

15. How many workers were there in Indian factories in 1901 ?
  • 5,70,300
  • 5,84,000
  • 6,70,200
  • 7,80,000
Answer : 5,70,300

16. Where were most of the large scale industries located in 1911 ?
  • Bengal and Bombay
  • Madras and Bombay
  • Madras and Bengal
  • Punjab and United Province
Answer : Bengal and Bombay

17. During the ............ movement, nationalists asked people to boycott foreign cloth.
  • Non - cooperation
  • Civil Disobedience
  • Swadeshi
  • Quit India
Answer : Swadeshi

18. Spinning Jenny was invented by .............. .
  • James Hargreaves
  • Richard Arcwright
  • James Anderson
  • James Watt
Answer : James Hargreaves

19. James Hargreaves invented spinning Jenny in ..............
  • 1750
  • 1764
  • 1754
  • 1758
Answer : 1764

20. Seth Hukam Chand sets up the first Indian Jute mill in ............ .
  • Bombay
  • Madras
  • Kolkata
  • Ahmedabad
Answer : Kolkata

21. The East India Company appointed ................. to supervise weavers in India.
  • Gomasthas
  • Merchants
  • Supervisors
  • None of these
Answer : Gomasthas

22. When First World War broke out ?
  • 1914
  • 1913
  • 1918
  • 1919
Answer : 1914

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