Class 10 - History

4. The Age of Industrialisation Online MCQs Test

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1. What dual challenges did cotton weavers in India face simultaneously?

(A) Decrease in demand and increase in local market
(B) Export market collapse and local market expansion
(C) Export market collapse and local market shrinkage
(D) Export market expansion and local market glut

2. Why could Indian weavers not easily compete with the imported cotton goods from Manchester?

(A) Lack of skill among Indian weavers
(B) Expensive raw materials in India
(C) Cheaper production costs with machines
(D) Lower demand for Indian textiles

3. What characterized the weaving regions of India by the 1850s?

(A) Stories of growth and prosperity
(B) Reports of decline and desolation
(C) Increased competition with Manchester
(D) Expansion of export markets

4. What new problem did weavers face in the 1860s?

(A) Decreased demand for cotton goods
(B) Shortage of skilled labor
(C) Insufficient supply of good-quality raw cotton
(D) Increased competition from local markets

5. Why did Britain turn to India during the American Civil War?

(A) To increase raw cotton prices
(B) To cut off raw cotton supplies from the US
(C) To promote Indian textile exports
(D) To increase competition with Indian weavers

6. What happened to the price of raw cotton when exports from India increased during the American Civil War?

(A) Decreased
(B) Stayed the same
(C) Shot up
(D) Became affordable for weavers

7. Why could weaving not pay in the situation where weavers had to buy raw cotton at exorbitant prices?

(A) Decreased demand for textiles
(B) Increased competition from local markets
(C) High production costs
(D) Decreased availability of raw materials

8. What problem did weavers and craftspeople face by the end of the nineteenth century?

(A) Increased demand for handmade goods
(B) Decreased competition from factories
(C) Factories flooding the market with machine-goods
(D) Expansion of export markets

9. What was the impact of the American Civil War on Britain's cotton supplies?

(A) Increased supplies from the US
(B) Cut off supplies from the US
(C) No impact on cotton supplies
(D) Decreased supplies from India

10. What characterized the market situation for weavers with the emergence of factories in India?

(A) Decreased competition
(B) Increased demand for handmade goods
(C) Expansion of local markets
(D) Flooding of the market with machine-goods