The Machine Age

Q.

Who were trade guilds?

Q. What is the most important invention of the late 18th century?

1. The Water Frame
2. The Steam Engine
3. None of the Above
4. The Power Loom

Q. Which among the following function(s) was/were performed by the guilds in medieval Europe?

1. Reduced working hours of workers.
2. Protection of people from attacks.
3. Decided products' prices and quality standards.
4. Distribution of work among the workers.

Q. Which of the following techniques was developed to lay roads and was an important advancement in road construction in the 19th century?

1. The method of using broken stones
2. The method of using clay and soil in alternate layers
3. The method of applying hardened tar
4. The method of using concrete bricks

Q. Which of the below given statements was true about the guild system?

1. The skilled craftsmen had ownership of the goods they produced.
2. The craftsmen had their own organisations called guilds, which fixed the rates of the products manufactured by the craftsmen.
3. The capitalists and craftsmen together formed guilds to discuss production.
4. The traders had complete control over goods produced by anyone and they alone set rates.

Q. Explain why in the 17^th century the merchants of towns in Europebegin employing peasants and artisantswithin the villages.

Q. Who came up with the idea of laying broken stones to pave roads in the 1840s?

1. John Kay
2. James Hargreaves
3. John Loudon McAdam
4. Douglas McAdams

Q. The demand for machine-made goods exceeded supply which allowed the industries to expand and produce more goods to meet the supply.

1. True
2. False

Q. Who constructed aircrafts that were capable of transporting people through the air in the early 20th century?

1. The Wright brothers
2. George Stephenson
3. James Watt
4. The Smithsonian brothers

Q. Which of the below given statements was true about the guild system?

1. The skilled craftsmen had ownership of the goods they produced.
2. The craftsmen had their own organisations called guilds, which fixed the rates of the products manufactured by the craftsmen.
3. The capitalists and craftsmen together formed guilds to discuss production.
4. The traders had complete control over goods produced by anyone and they alone set rates.

Q. In 1750s, machines and steam power became the driving forces of human progress that marked the beginning of the Machine Age in Britain.

1. False
2. True