Tag: industrial revolution and its effects
Questions Related to industrial revolution and its effects
When did the earliest factories come up in England?
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1720s
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1730s
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1740s
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1750s
The earliest factories in England came up during the 1730s and grew in number during the late eighteenth century. Cotton factories were the first factories to be set up and its production boomed in the late nineteenth century.
Which one of the following factories was considered as a symbol of new era in England in the late eighteen century?
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Metal
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Cotton
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Jute
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Iron and Steel
The British had always woven cloth out of wool and flax. From 17th century country, had been importing bales of cotton from India. Till early 18th century spinning was a very slow process. But a series of technological invention fill the gap between the speed in spinning raw cotton into yarn. From the 1780s, the cotton industries in Britain symbolised industrialisation in Britain. From now raw cotton had to be imported and finished cloth was exported.
Search for colonies led to ______ imperialism.
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Colonial
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Economic
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Political
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Socio-cultural
As a result of the Industrial Revolution in England, the society was divided into _____ distinct classes.
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3
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4
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2
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5
The correct answer for this question is option A, that is 3. Following the Industrial Revolution, a new class structure emerged which comprised of the lower/working class, the middle class and the upper class.
Which theory is also known as the theory of ''free trade''?
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Laissez-faire
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Capitalism
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Socialism
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Marxism
Laissez-Faire is a French term for an economic system which supports free trade while the other 3 ideologies are distinct political-economic ideological systems.
The industrial revolution changed the ______ face of England.
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Political
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Economic
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Social
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Cultural
The industrial revolution changed the economic face of England. England became the most advanced country in the world. It developed its trade relations and this increased the national income. The establishment of factories saw the rise of many new industrial towns like Manchester, Lancashire, Birmingham and Sheffield.
Who wrote several volumes on London labour?
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Henry Mayhew
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Gareth Stedman Jones
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George Clay
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None of these
In the mid-nineteenth century, Henry Mayhew wrote several volumes on the London labour, and compiled long list of those who made a living from crime. Many of whom he listed as 'criminal' were in fact poor people who lived by stealing lead from roofs.
In which year more than three-quarters of the adults living in Manchester were migrants from rural areas?
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1850
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1851
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1852
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1853
The early industrial cities of Britain such as Leeds and Manchester attracted large numbers of migrants to the textile mills setup in the late eighteenth century. In 1851, more than three-quarters of the adults living in Manchester were migrants from rural areas.
Why women gradually lost their industrial job?
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Because of increase in population
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Because of increase in crime
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Because of technological development
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All of above
Factories employed large number of women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. With technology developments, women gradually lost their industrial jobs, and were forced to work within household.
Which theory was opposed by the capitalists and traders?
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Socialism
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Marxism
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Capitalism
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Laissez-Faire
By this theory, capitalists and traders pleaded that the state had no right to interfere in the affairs of the factories and trade.