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Who was the most famous pioneer of selective crossbreeding during Enclosure movement in England?

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  1. Robert Bakewell

  2. Charles Darwin

  3. Andrew Meikle

  4. Charles Townshend

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
In the mid-18th century, two British agriculturalists, Robert Bakewell and Thomas Coke, introduced selective breeding as a scientific practice and used inbreeding to stabilize certain qualities in order to reduce genetic diversity. Bakewell was also the first to breed cattle to be used primarily for beef. Hence, Option A is correct.
Among the rest of the options, Charles Robert Darwin was a British naturalist and biologist known for his theory of evolution and his understanding of the process of natural selection.
Andrew Meikle was a Scottish mechanical engineer credited with inventing the threshing machine, a device used to remove the outer husks from grains of wheat.
Charles Townshend was a British politician who held various titles in the Parliament of Great Britain. His establishment of the controversial Townshend Acts is considered one of the key causes of the American Revolution. Hence, these are incorrect. 

What were the benefits of crossing Longhorn sheep with Linchon Sheep? 

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  1. It produced a new breed, New Leicester Sheep.

  2. New Leicester sheeps put on weight quickly which enabled farmers to gain more profits

  3. Both A and B

  4. Neither A nor B

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Correct Option: C

Cultivation of which crops improved the fertility of soil?

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  1. Wheat and maize

  2. Fodder crops

  3. Turnip and potatoes

  4. Turnip and clover

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Correct Option: D

Life in a factory in early nineteenth-century Britain was very ________.

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  1. beautiful

  2. pleasant

  3. harsh

  4. subtle

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Correct Option: C

Why Michael Sadler's committee was set up?

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  1. To investigate the rights of black people in England

  2. To investigate the food shortage in the countryside

  3. To investigate war crimes

  4. To investigate child labour

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Correct Option: D

Which factory act allowed the child worker's age to be verified by surgeons? 

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  1. 1833 Factory Act

  2. 1836 Civil Registration Act

  3. 1844 Factory Act

  4. 1842 Mines Act

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Correct Option: C

In accordance with the 1842 Mines Act, how many paid inspectors were appointed?

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  1. One

  2. Two

  3. Three

  4. Four

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mines and Collieries Act 1842 (c. 99), commonly known as the Mines Act 1842, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act prohibited female labour as well as the employment of boys under ten years old in coal mines. It was a response to the working conditions of children revealed in the Children's Employment Commission (Mines) 1842 report. The Commission was headed by Lord Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury. An inspector of mines was first appointed in 1843 under an Act of 1842. This Act prohibited payment by truck and the employment of women and girls and regulated the employment of boys in mines and collieries. The inspector had no powers to inspect the construction or safety of mines until the passage of the Coal Mines Inspection Act 1850. The 1842 Mines Act had not dealt specifically with safety in mines, and only one Inspector (H.S. Tremenheere) had been appointed as a result, with only limited powers under the Act. Hence, Option A is correct. Four inspectors were appointed by The 1850 Coal Mines Inspection Act. The rest of the numbers are not mentioned in the acts, hence, incorrect. 

What were provisions of the 1836 Civil Registration Act?

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  1. It made compulsory to record births

  2. It made compulsory to record deaths

  3. It made compulsory to record marriages

  4. All of the above

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Correct Option: D

According to the 1833 Factory Act children, aged 9-13 were limited to _____ hours work per day.

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  1. Seven

  2. Eight

  3. Nine

  4. Ten

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Correct Option: C

According to the 1844 Factory Act, children aged 9-13 were limited to _______ work per day.

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  1. Five and a half hours

  2. Six and a half hours

  3. Seven and a half hours

  4. Eight and a half hours

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Correct Option: B