Tag: industrial revolution and inventions

Questions Related to industrial revolution and inventions

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution from capitalism to imperialism industrial revolution and inventions industrial revolution and its effects

The large scale factories began to develop ______ capital.

  1. Mercantile

  2. Social

  3. Natural

  4. Manufactured

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Mercantilism refers to the economic policy wherein the trade and accumulation of goods were maximized by obtaining the cheap raw material from the colonies. The development of large scale factories in Europe during the Industrial Revolution required the raw material of cotton, jute etc. that lead to spread if mercantile capital.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution from capitalism to imperialism industrial revolution and inventions industrial revolution and its effects

Which of the following is not a characteristic of capitalism?

  1. Competition and consumer sovereignty

  2. Pursuit of personal profit

  3. Private ownership

  4. Government control of the economy

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Capitalism is an economic, social and political system where private individuals control a country's trade and business. The government has little or no control over the market. The United States is a capitalist country. Capitalism prioritizes individual rights, private ownership, and free enterprise.

Multiple choice history industrial revolution from capitalism to imperialism industrial revolution and inventions industrial revolution and its effects

Who invented the ''penny post system''?

  1. Samuel Morse

  2. Sir Rowland Hill

  3. James Brindley

  4. Bessemer

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Penny Post is one of several postal systems in which normal letters could be sent for one penny. It was invented by Sir Rowland Hill was an English teacher, inventor, and social reformer. He was knighted by Queen Victoria for 'services to the Nation'.

Multiple choice history industrial revolution from capitalism to imperialism industrial revolution and inventions industrial revolution and its effects

Who invented the telegraph?

  1. Samuel Morse

  2. Sir Rowland Hill

  3. James Brindley

  4. Davy

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Telegraph is the long-distance transmission of textual or symbolic messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message. It was invented by an American inventor Samuel Morse in 1844.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution from capitalism to imperialism industrial revolution and inventions industrial revolution and its effects

The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England primarily resulted from

  1. Widespread overpopulation

  2. Increased trade

  3. National prosperity

  4. Agricultural innovation

  5. Abundance of resources

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England primarily resulted from agricultural innovation. New farming techniques and improved livestock breeding led to amplified food production. This allowed a spike in population and increased health.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution from capitalism to imperialism industrial revolution and inventions industrial revolution and its effects

Laissez-faire capitalism was an idea proposed by ___________________.

  1. moderate socialists

  2. mercantilists

  3. free-market industrialists

  4. abolionists

  5. labor unions

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Laissez-faire capitalism, advocating for minimal government intervention in the economy, was championed by free-market industrialists and economists like Adam Smith.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution from capitalism to imperialism industrial revolution and inventions industrial revolution and its effects

In the nineteenth century, India's economy was forced to:

  1. industrialize to meet the growing demands of a wealthy British middle class.

  2. abandon much of its food production in favor of expanding the production of textiles and cash crops.

  3. provide cheap labor for the factories of British.

  4. abandon its participation in the larger global economy in order to improve British trade.

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Abandon much of its food production in favor of expanding the production of textiles and cash crops.