Class 10 - History

4. The Age of Industrialisation Online MCQs Test

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1. What historical trade activity contributed to the development of many business groups in India?

(A) Silk trade
(B) Opium trade with England
(C) Tea trade with China
(D) Spice trade with Southeast Asia

2. In the late eighteenth century, what did the British in India begin exporting to China?

(A) Tea
(B) Silk
(C) Opium
(D) Cotton

3. What role did many Indians play in the opium and tea trade between India, China, and England?

(A) Senior traders
(B) Shipbuilders
(C) Junior players
(D) Diplomats

4. What did some businessmen, who earned through trade, envision for India in the nineteenth century?

(A) Religious institutions
(B) Industrial enterprises
(C) Educational institutions
(D) Agricultural development

5. In Bengal, how did Dwarkanath Tagore accumulate his initial wealth before turning to industrial investment?

(A) Diamond trade
(B) Silk trade
(C) China trade
(D) Spice trade

6. In the 1830s and 1840s, how many joint-stock companies did Dwarkanath Tagore set up?

(A) Two
(B) Four
(C) Six
(D) Eight

7. In Bombay, which community contributed to the building of huge industrial empires in India?

(A) Marwaris
(B) Parsis
(C) Gujaratis
(D) Bengalis

8. What did Parsis like Dinshaw Petit and Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata accumulate their initial wealth from?

(A) Tea trade
(B) Opium trade
(C) Silk trade
(D) Spice trade

9. Who set up the first Indian jute mill in Calcutta in 1917?

(A) Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata
(B) Dinshaw Petit
(C) Seth Hukumchand
(D) G.D. Birla

10. What trade was Seth Hukumchand involved in before setting up the jute mill?

(A) Spice trade
(B) Silk trade
(C) Opium trade
(D) Tea trade