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CBSE Class 10 History Chapter-5 The Age of Industrialization Important Questions
CBSE Class 10 History Important Questions Chapter 5 – The Age of Industrialization
1 Mark Questions
1. Guilds were associations of-
(a) Industrialization
(b) Exporters
(c) Traders
(d) Producers
Ans. (d) Producers
2. Which of the following best defines a Jobber?
(a) Employed by industrialists to get new recruits
(b) Old trusted worker
(c) Person of authority and power
(d) Controlled lives of workers
Ans. (a) Employed by industrialists to get new recruits
3. First country to undergo industrial revolution is-
(a) Japan
(b) Britain
(c) Germany
(d) France
Ans. (b) Britain
4. 18th Century India witnessed the decline of which port town?
(a) Surat
(b) Bombay
(c) Calcutta
(d) Madras
Ans. (a) Surat
5. The paid servants of the East India Company were
(a) Seth
(b) Mamlatdar
(c) Gomastha
(d) Lambardar
Ans. (c) Gomastha
6. Who devised the Spinning Jenny?
(a) Samuel Luck
(b) Richard Arkwright
(c) James Hargreaves
(d) James Watt.
Ans. (c) James Hargreaves
7. When was the first cotton mill set up in India in?
(a) 1814
(b) 1824
(c) 1854
(d) 1864
Ans. c) 1854
8. What was the fly shuttle used for-
(a) Washing
(b) Weaving
(c) Drying
(d) Sowing
Ans. (b) Weaving
9. Who invented the steam engine-
(a) James Watt
(b) New Camen
(c) Richard Arkwright
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a) James Watt
10.In 1990s which popular music publishers produced a music book?
Ans. E. T. Paul
11.When did the earliest factories come up in England?
Ans. 1730s
12.Which were the two most dynamic industries in Britain?
Ans. Cotton and Metal industries
13.Who improves the steam engine produced by New Comen?
Ans. James Watt
14.Which Indian port connected India to the Gulf and Red Sea Ports?
Ans. Surat Port
15.Which two Indian ports had links with South East Asian countries during pre-colonial period?
Ans. Hoogly and Masulipattam Ports
16.What was the name of the paid servant who was appointed by the English Company t deal with the Indian weavers?
Ans. Gomasthas
17.When was the first cotton mill set up in India?
Ans. 1854
18.By 1873, Britain was exporting steel and iron worth how many millions to foreign countries?
Ans. About 77 million pounds
19.Who were the first European nations to come to India?
Ans. The Portuguese
20.When was the first jute mill established in India?
Ans. 1917
21.Who set up the first jute mill in Calcutta?
Ans. Seth Hukamchand
22.Who was the English industrialist to manufacture the new model of steam engine?
Ans. Mathew Boulton
23.Name the new trading centers that emerged in India under colonial rule.
Ans. Bombay and Calcutta
24.Name the industrialist who made a fortune in the China trade in the 1830s.
Ans. Dwarkanath Tagore
25.Where was the Elgin Mill set up?
Ans. At Kanpur
26.What is proto-industrialization?
Ans. The early phase of industrialization in which large scale production was carried out for international market not at factories but in decentralized units.
27.The introduction of which new technology in England angered women?
Ans. The Spinning Jenny
28.Name the European managing agencies which controlled the large sector of Indian industries.
Ans. Bird Heiglers and Co, Andre Yule and Jardine Skinner and Co
29.Who was a jobber?
Ans. Jobber was a person employed by industrialists to get new recruit.
30. What was the result of First World War on Indian industries?
Ans. First World War gave a great boost to the Indian Industries because of the following reasons-
1. The British mills became busy with the production of War materials so all its exports to India virtually stopped.
2. Suddenly Indian mills got clearance to produce different articles for the home market.
3. The Indian factories were called upon to supply various war related material like- Jute bags,clothes for uniforms, tents and leather boots for the forces and so on.
31. Who was a jobber? Explain his functions.
Ans. Industrialists usually employed a jobber to get new recruits. Very often the jobber was an old and trusted worker.
1. He got people from his village ensured them jobs, helped them settle in the city and provided them money in time of crisis.
2. Jobbers became persons with authority and power. He began demanding money and gifts for the favor he did and started controlling the lives of workers.
