Class 10 - History

4. The Age of Industrialisation Online MCQs Test

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1. What were the most dynamic industries in Britain during the early phase of industrialisation?

(A) Food processing and building
(B) Cotton and metals
(C) Pottery and glasswork
(D) Tanning and furniture making

2. What was the leading sector in the first phase of industrialisation up to the 1840s?

(A) Iron and steel
(B) Textiles
(C) Pottery
(D) Food processing

3. What industry led the way after the 1840s in the process of industrialisation?

(A) Cotton
(B) Iron and steel
(C) Textiles
(D) Food processing

4. What increased the demand for iron and steel in Britain in the 1840s?

(A) Expansion of railways
(B) Cotton export
(C) Growth of the textile industry
(D) Increase in food processing

5. By 1873, what was the value of Britain's iron and steel export compared to cotton export?

(A) Equal value
(B) Triple the value
(C) Half the value
(D) Double the value

6. What percentage of the total workforce was employed in technologically advanced industrial sectors at the end of the nineteenth century?

(A) Less than 10%
(B) Around 20%
(C) More than 30%
(D) Over 50%

7. In which sector was a large portion of the output produced outside factories, within domestic units?

(A) Iron and steel
(B) Textiles
(C) Food processing
(D) Pottery

8. What was the pace of change in the 'traditional' industries during industrialisation?

(A) Rapid and dominated by steam-powered industries
(B) Entirely stagnant
(C) Slow but not entirely stagnant
(D) Unaffected by steam-powered industries

9. What were seemingly ordinary and small innovations the basis of growth in?

(A) Cotton industry
(B) Technologically advanced sectors
(C) Non-mechanised sectors
(D) Metal industry

10. In which sectors were small innovations the basis of growth?

(A) Cotton and metals
(B) Textiles and food processing
(C) Pottery and glasswork
(D) Iron and steel