Tag: the industrial revolution

Questions Related to the industrial revolution

Choose the industrial towns that rose due to the establishment of factories.
This question has multiple answers.

  1. Sheffield

  2. Lancashire

  3. Manchester

  4. Edinburgh


Correct Option: A,B,C
Explanation:

Industrial revolution favoured rapid setup of factories which caused the development of specific towns. Early eighteenth century saw the development of cotton factories in Lancashire due to trade with Egypt and India. Manchester witnessed population boom due to extensive setup of cotton factories in by 1830. Sheffield became renowned for its metallurgy. 

As economists, we refer to the doctrine that holds that government should leave economic affairs primarily to the market as:

  1. Capitalism

  2. Laissez-faire

  3. Communism

  4. Dormez-vous


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Laissez-Faire is the French term for free trade. It is a system in which the government doesn't interfere much in the economy of the country and leaves its functioning to the market. Thus, Laissez-Faire is the right answer.

Consider the following statements and identify the correct response from the options given thereafter:
Statement I: In the ${19}^{th}$ century, London was a colossal city.
Statement II: London had many large factories.

  1. Statement I is false and Statement II is true

  2. Statement I is true and Statement II is false

  3. Both Statement I and Statement II are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

  4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Development of London started in 18th century due to rapid industrialization. By 1750, one out of every nine people of England and Wales lived in London.  It was a colossal city with a population of about 675,000.  Over the period of nineteenth century, London continued to expand.

Primary educational institutions (Maktabs) for the children started from which century? 

  1. 9th

  2. 10th

  3. 11th

  4. 12th


Correct Option: B

Cordova University was established by the Arabs in ______ 

  1. Turkey

  2. Italy

  3. England

  4. Spain


Correct Option: D

Which of the following was not the university belonged to the medieval period?

  1. Bologna

  2. Constantinople

  3. Takshashila

  4. Oxford


Correct Option: C

The advancement of education during the period of Abbasid Caliphate occurred in ______ 

  1. Eastern Europe

  2. Western Europe

  3. West Asia

  4. Central Asia


Correct Option: D

Ladies were given the opportunity to become the ______ by attaining the degree, "Ijas".

  1. Teachers

  2. Doctors

  3. Engineers

  4. Philosophers


Correct Option: A

Many universities were established during the 11th and 12th centuries in Europe.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A