The Industrial Revolution

Q.

Education began to pick up pace with the growth of the British economy. Why?

1. With the expansion of commerce and manufacturing, the demand for literacy and numeracy increased

2. With better wages, people had money to pay for education

3. Education was mandatory by the king, James of England

4. Education began to be seen as a status symbol in the society

Q.

___, the spinning machine invented by Samuel Crompton became the basis of mechanical spinning for a century

Q.

Why didn't India adopt the spinning technology of the British?

1. Investing a lot of money in spinning machines did not make economic sense in a labour intensive economy like india.

2. Adoption of technology would cause a lot of people to go bankrupt

3. Britain withheld the secrets of the spinning machines from India

4. The British spinning machines produced yarn of inferior quality

Q.

Education began to pick up pace with the growth of the British economy. Why?

1. With the expansion of commerce and manufacturing, the demand for literacy and numeracy increased

2. With better wages, people had money to pay for education

3. Education was mandatory by the king James of England

4. Education began to be seen as a status symbol in the society

Q.

Why didn't India adopt the spinning technology of the British?

1. Britain withheld the secrets of the spinning machines from India

2. Adoption of technology would cause a lot of people to go bankrupt

3. Investing a lot of money in spinning machines did not make economic sense in a labour intensive economy like india.

4. The British spinning machines produced yarn of inferior quality

Q.

___, the spinning machine invented by Samuel Crompton became the basis of mechanical spinning for a century.

Q. The factor that distinguished India from other countries in the manufacture of cotton was .

1. cheap inputs
2. more space
3. abundant labour
4. better weather

Q. England resorted to mechanisation because of .

1. cheap labour
2. cheap capital
3. low wages
4. unemployment

Q. What were the main reasons for the Industrial Revolution to begin in England?

1. England had banks of raw materials from its colonies under the British crown.
2. England had a developed banking system that encouraged the wealthy to invest in infrastructure.
3. England possessed the infrastructure needed for textiles.
4. England had a feudal socio-political structure, wherein the practice of serfdom was prevalent.

Q. Which of these was encouraged by The Royal Society of England?

1. Interests of the rich
2. Social reforms
3. Political debates
4. Scientific inventions