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All of these led to the Industrial Revolution in Britain except a

  1. consumerist society

  2. number of technological advancements

  3. increase in the agricultural workforce

  4. lack of being a colonial power

  5. major international trading partner


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The invention of machinery and its use in manufacturing was the starting point of industrial revolution. England had a large colonial empire. From her colonies, she could get raw material at cheaper rates for her factories. She had a big market for her products. England's geographical position was suitable for world trade. The world was accessible to England by ships. After the Napoleonic wars, no European country could get on without British goods and this increased the demand for British goods. 

Who developed the idea of Communism?

  1. Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin

  2. Karl Marx and Frederick Engels

  3. Vladimir Lenin and Frederick Engels

  4. Vladimir Lenin and Trotsky


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Karl Marx and Frederick Engels developed the idea of Communism.
  • They lived in England during the Industrial revolution and distributed their communist theories so as to replace the capitalist world.

Historian Carlo Botta often contradicted himself, as when he first championed and then --- the ideals of the French Revolution. 

  1. Invoked

  2. Investigated

  3. Conceived

  4. Coveted

  5. Denounced


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Denounced.

Why was Communism viewed as a threat in industrial nations like Great Britain and Germany?

  1. Communism required greater participation of the working poor in government.

  2. Communism called for the violent overthrow of those in power and did not protect private property.

  3. Communism demanded an end to the colonial system so that workers in the home nations could demand better say and benefits.

  4. Communism would create a political system that did not protect the special privileges of the nobility or middle class.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Communism called for the violent overthrow of those in power and did not protect private property.

Which of the following classes were socially and politically dominant in Europe during the eighteenth century?

  1. Middle class

  2. Landed class

  3. Nobility

  4. Peasants


Correct Option: B

Which of the following was/were cause/s for the rise of socialism?

  1. Reaction to the evils of capitalism

  2. Trade union movement

  3. The chartist movement

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Socialism is a the set of beliefs that states that all people are equal and should share equally in a country's money, or the political systems based on these beliefs. It had many causes like daunting evils of capitalism, trade union movement wanting their identity and worth also the ch artist movement.

According to the __________ view, individuals do not live or work in isolation but live in cooperation with one another.

  1. Capitalist

  2. Socialist

  3. Communist

  4. Republic


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Socialism calls for public ownership rather than private control of property and natural resources. According to the socialist view, individuals do not live or work in isolation but live in cooperation with one another. Further, everything that people produce is a social product, and everyone who contributes to the production of a
good has a right to share it. Therefore, society, as a whole, should own or control property for the benefit of all its members.

The birth of Socialism was one of the important consequences of _____________.

  1. Renaissance

  2. Reformation

  3. Industrial Revolution

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
yes, socialism was a byproduct of Industrial Revolution - Before making a change of this system, the middle class and the upper class were marginalizing and exploiting the lower class in the Communist Manifesto.
Before Industrialization, people were independent workers. They were their own boss, making their own decisions of "when" and "how" they wanted to work.
They had to get their jobs done, of course, accordingly. However, it was up to them when to do it.

________ developed a method of producing high-quality iron in the blast furnace.

  1. John Kay

  2. Richard Arkwright

  3. Abraham Darby

  4. James Watt


Correct Option: C

Who was the British Prime Minister at the end of World War 1?

  1. Herbert Asquith

  2. Winston Churchill

  3. Llyod George

  4. Stanley Baldwin


Correct Option: C