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Questions Related to industrialization and the growth of democracy

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

Which of the following statements are true regarding the various phases of industrialization in Britain?
$A$. Before industrialization there was no large scale industrial production in England.
$B$. The first product to be industrialized in Britain was cotton.
$C$. The new technology inventions were gladly acceptable for common people.
$D$. In British, usage of handmade products was a symbol of aristocracy.

  1. $A$ and $D$

  2. $A$ and $B$

  3. $B$ and $D$

  4. $B$ and $C$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Following statements are true regarding the various phases of industrialization in Britain:-

  • Before industrialization there was no large scale industrial production in England.
  • The British industry was transformed by two crucial changes: the mechanization of work and the application of the vapor of the new machine
  • In British, usage of handmade products was a symbol of aristocracy.

Which of the following statements regarding steam engine are true?
$(A)$ James Watt's discovery of Steam engine got patent.
$(B)$ The usage of steam engine was very widespread in steel industry.
$(C)$ The steam engine enhanced the industrial productivity manifold.
$(D)$ Before James Watt, Newcomen invented the primitive form of steam engine.

  1. $A,B,C$

  2. $A,C,D$

  3. $B,C,D$

  4. $A,B,D$


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Following statements regarding steam engine are true:-

  • Before James Watt, Newcomen invented the primitive form of steam engine which were pumping water from mines all over the country.
  • James Watt's discovery of steam engine got patent in 1764.
  • The new steam engine enhanced the industrial productivity manifold.

Which of the following developments did not form the basis of rise of nationalism in Europe till 18th century?

  1. Industrial Revolution

  2. Renaissance

  3. Reformation

  4. Rise of strong Dynasties


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Industrial Revolution did not form the basis of rise of nationalism in Europe till 18th century. The first clear expression of nationalism came with the French revolution in 1789. French was a full fledged territorial state in 1789 under the rule of an absolute monarchy. The political and constitutional changes that came in the wake of the French Revolution led to the transfer of sovereignty from the monarchy to a body of French citizens.