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After World war 1, who involved in negotiations over the future of Ireland?

  1. Winston Churchill

  2. Lloyd George

  3. Bonar Law

  4. Stanley Baldwin


Correct Option: B

Factor in increased food grain production in post-1780 Britain was ______.

  1. radical innovations in technology

  2. population expansion

  3. urbanisation

  4. simple innovations and new lands under cultivation


Correct Option: D

David Lloyd was a _________ politician.

  1. Communist Party

  2. Liberal Party

  3. Green Party

  4. Democratic Socialist Party


Correct Option: B

Due to enclosures __________.

  1. poor lost their customary rights

  2. demand for agricultural labourers decreased

  3. poor found gainful employment

  4. work and income became stable


Correct Option: A

What was the most important work in the countryside around 1750?

  1. Manufacturing

  2. Farming

  3. Construction works

  4. Trade


Correct Option: B

Mary Seacole's book made people more aware of the need ______________.

  1. to improve the conditions of farm labourers

  2. to improve the conditions of factory labourers

  3. to improve the treatment of injured soldiers

  4. to improve the conditions of black students


Correct Option: C

What food items were produced in Kent? 

  1. Kentish

  2. Kentish pippins

  3. Kentish watermelon

  4. Kentish oranges


Correct Option: B

Which of the following statement is true of socialists in the middle of 19th century in Europe?

  1. They were in favour of accumulation of wealth.

  2. They wanted to encourage capitalist enterpreneurship.

  3. They wanted to give employment only to the talented.

  4. They were against private property.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Socialism means collective  ownership of the means of production. It stands for a democratically controlled economy and abolition of private ownership of land and industry. It was against the exploitation of man by man and fought for equal rights of all.

It is considered that Industrial revolution originated in ______.

  1. England

  2. France

  3. Germany

  4. India


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The spread of the industrial revolution is first recorded from Britain. Series of socio-economic changes began in Britain in the eighteen century and then spread to other parts of the world. The term was earlier used by French writers and popularized by the English Arnold Toynbee to describe Britain's economic development from 1760 to 1840. It spread to France and Germany around the same period after Britain.