Inventions during the Industrial Revolution

Q. Match the inventors with their respective inventions.

1. Flying shuttle
2. Spinning mule
3. Water frame
4. Spinning jenny

Q. X was a device invented by John Kay in 1733. It was a hand-operated device that increased the speed of weaving cloth. Following the invention of X, two other devices were invented. After that, Y was invented by Samuel Crompton in 1779 which was a combination of the aforementioned two devices. This device, Y turned out to be more efficient than all of the previous inventions and could spin hundreds of threads simultaneously.

Identify X and Y.

1. X- Spinning mule
   Y- Spinning jenny
2. X- Flying shuttle
   Y- Spinning mule
3. X- Spinning jenny
   Y- Flying shuttle
4. X- Steam engine
   Y- Spinning mule

Q. The first railway line in England was opened between Stockton and in 1825.

1. Derbyshire
2. Darlington
3. Lancashire
4. Staffordshire

Q. discovered a faster and cheaper method of producing steel.

1. Thomas Newcomen
2. Henry Bessemer
3. John Kay
4. James Hargreaves

Q. Who invented the cotton gin?

1. Eli Whitney
2. Samuel Crompton
3. John Kay
4. James Hargreaves

Q. In 1830, a distance of 40 miles between Manchester and Liverpool could be covered in approximately .

1. half an hour
2. an hour and a half
3. one hour
4. two hours

Q. Who among the following discovered a cheaper method of producing steel?

1. Richard Arkwright
2. Henry Bessemer
3. John Kay
4. James Hargreaves

Q. Which of these was a hub for mills in England during the early 1800s?

1. Liverpool
2. Nottingham
3. Brighton
4. Manchester

Q. What did John Loudon McAdam use in the new kind of roads that he invented?

1. Limestone
2. Granite
3. Cement
4. Concrete

Q. Who invented the saftey lamp in 1815?

1. James Watt
2. Henry Bessemer
3. Sir Humpry Davy
4. John Kay

Q. You cannot learn all about the Industrial Revolution without learning about me. People in England faced a lot of problems trying to extract me from the earth in the 18th century. Turns out that water kept seeping into mines meant for my extraction which made my extraction all the more difficult. As a result, it was important to first remove this water. It was then that a British engineer, Thomas Newcomen, came up with a pump to remove water from the mines.

Who am I?

1. Coal
2. Sulphur
3. Iron
4. Copper

Q. converted a stationary steam engine to a rotary engine which consumed less fuel.

1. James Watt
2. Thomas Newcomen
3. Sir Humphry Davy
4. Henry Bessemer

Q. The Industrial Revolution witnessed the rise of two new basic materials, namely, iron and plastic.

1. True
2. False

Q. Image that the year is 1776 and that you are a worker in the Helmshore Textile Mill that employs about fifty workers. The production of textiles in your mill requires some special skills and a lot of manual work. Because of the requisite skills and manpower involved, the production is not high enough to obtain profits. However, with the installation of a new hand-powered machine, the production seems to have increase significantly.

Identify the machine and also the year in which it was invented.

1. Machine - Spinning Mule
   Year - 1774
2. Machine - Spinning Mule
   Year - 1764
3. Machine - Spinning Jenny
   Year - 1774
4. Machine - Spinning Jenny
   Year - 1764