Class 10 - History

4. The Age of Industrialisation Online MCQs Test

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1. In 1901, how many workers were there in Indian factories?

(A) 500,000
(B) 1,000,000
(C) 1,500,000
(D) 2,000,000

2. What was the number of workers in Indian factories by 1946?

(A) 1,436,000
(B) 1,936,000
(C) 2,436,000
(D) 2,936,000

3. Where did most workers in the Bombay cotton industries in 1911 come from?

(A) Bombay city
(B) Kanpur district
(C) Ratnagiri district
(D) United Provinces

4. Where did the mills of Kanpur get most of their textile hands from?

(A) Kanpur city
(B) United Provinces
(C) Ratnagiri district
(D) Kanpur district

5. Where did millworkers often move between?

(A) City and city
(B) Village and village
(C) Village and city
(D) District and district

6. What did workers do during harvests and festivals?

(A) Continued working in factories
(B) Traveled great distances
(C) Returned to their village homes
(D) Sought new employment opportunities

7. From where did workers from the United Provinces go to work in the textile mills of Bombay?

(A) Kanpur
(B) United Provinces
(C) Bombay
(D) Calcutta

8. In the 1901-1946 period, what factor contributed to workers traveling great distances for employment?

(A) Decline in industrialization
(B) News of employment opportunities
(C) Government incentives
(D) Increase in agricultural production

9. What did workers from the United Provinces go to work in besides the textile mills of Bombay?

(A) Jute mills of Calcutta
(B) Rice mills of Madras
(C) Steel mills of Kanpur
(D) Tea estates of Assam

10. In what year did most workers in the Bombay cotton industries come from the Ratnagiri district?

(A) 1901
(B) 1911
(C) 1921
(D) 1931