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The Industrial Revolution was brought about on account of-

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  1. The workers refusing to work with their hands

  2. The Government insisting on the use of machines

  3. Lack of market for hand-made goods

  4. Invention of machinery and its application

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This phase of industrial development in Britain is strongly associated with new machinery and technologies. These made it possible to produce goods on a massive scale compared to handicraft and handloom industries.

The East India Company appointed _____ to supervise weavers; collect supplies and examine the quality of cloth.

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  1. managers

  2. gomastha

  3. brokers

  4. supervisors

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The English East India Company appointed Gomasthas for:

  •   To eliminate the existence of traders and brokers and establish a direct control over the weavers.
  •   To eliminate weavers from dealing with other buyers by means of advances and control. In this manner, weavers who took loans and fees in advance were obligated to the British.

Industrial Revolution first started in ______.

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  1. India

  2. China

  3. Europe

  4. America

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

England is known as the birthplace of industrial revolution which later spread to other parts of Europe.

The Great Depression of the 1930s brought down the prices of_______in Vietnam.

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  1. steel and iron

  2. opium and tobacco

  3. rubber and rice

  4. sugarcane and cotton

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Great Depression of 1930's had a profound impact on Vietnam. The prices of rubber and rice fell, leading to rising rural debts, unemployment and rural uprisings, such as in the provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.

 

Which European country colonized Vietnam?

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  1. France

  2. USA

  3. Germany

  4. England

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The European country that colonized Vietnam was France. The colonization by the French brought the people of the country into conflict with the colonizers in all areas of life. The most visible form of French control was military and economic domination but the French also built a system that tried to reshape the culture of the Vietnamese

After _____, taxes were levied on numerous foreign goods.

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  1. 1917

  2. 1920

  3. 1916

  4. 1918

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Correct Option: A

The government levied a ______ percent tax on cloth coming to India from Britain.

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  1. Two and a half

  2. Three and a half

  3. Five and a half

  4. One and a half

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Correct Option: B

Who adopted the concept of an assembly line to produce automobiles?

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  1. T. Coppola

  2. V. S. Naipaul

  3. Henry Ford

  4. Ramesh Sarwan

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Henry Ford adopted the concept of an assembly line to produce automobiles. He realised that the ‘assembly line’ method would allow a faster and cheaper way of producing vehicles. 

The Industrial Revolution refers to:

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  1. Mass Population

  2. Mass Production

  3. Mass Profit

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The phase of industrial development is strongly associated with new machinery and technologies. These made it possible to produce goods on a massive scale compared to handicraft and handloom industries.

When were cloth mills set up in India?

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  1. 1850's

  2. 1860's

  3. 1870's

  4. 1880's

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Correct Option: A