Impact of Industrial Revolution in India

Q.

Why did the wool and silk producers in England protest against the import of Indian textiles in the early eighteenth century?

Q. What was indentured labour?

1. A form of work where people were sent to other states to work on plantations.
2. A form of work where people were sent to other countries to trade.
3. A form of work where people were sent to other British colonies to work on plantations.
4. A form of work where people were sent to other countries to work in factories.

Q.

In 1805, a British official, Benjamin Heyne, listed the manufactures of Bangalore which included the following:

• Women’s cloth of different musters and names

• Coarse chintz

• Muslins

• Silk cloths

Of this list, which kind of cloth would have definitely fallen out of use in the early 1900s and why?

Q. By the first quarter of the 19th century, the export of Dacca muslin from India to England increased exponentially.

1. True
2. False

Q. Select the appropriate option based on the following statements.

Statement 1: At the time the Industrial Revolution began in England, not much manufacturing happened there and Indian textiles were very much in demand.

Statement 2: The British passed a law prohibiting the use and selling of Indian calicoes and silks in order to promote their own goods.

1. Both statements are true.
2. Both statements are false.
3. Statement 1 is true and Statement 2 is false.
4. Statement 1 is false and Statement 2 is true.

Q.

who were the important women activists who organised associations for dress reforms ? what werethere man demands

Q. The weavers of which region suffered the most due to the British East India Company's policies towards India?

1. Bengal
2. Madras
3. Bombay
4. Assam

Q. was a form of work where people were sent to other British colonies to work on plantations.

1. Bonded labour
2. Indentured labour
3. Contract labour
4. Paid labour

Q.

explain any 3 features of labour as a factor of production?

Q.

In 1805, a British official, Benjamin Heyne, listed the manufactures of Bangalore which included the following:

• Women’s cloth of different musters and names

• Coarse chintz

• Muslins

• Silk cloths

Of this list, which kind of cloth would have definitely fallen out of use in the early 1900s and why?