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Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people industries and impact impact of industrial revolution industrial revolution and social change the age canal and great engineers industrial revolution and its effects india's contemporary economic condition the industrial revolution

1833 Factory Act made illegal for children under _______ years of age to be employed in the textile factories.

  1. 6

  2. 9

  3. 10

  4. 12
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The 1833 Factory Act prohibited the employment of children under the age of 9 in textile factories.

Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people industries and impact impact of industrial revolution industrial revolution and social change the age canal and great engineers industrial revolution and its effects india's contemporary economic condition the industrial revolution

When did the British government conduct an investigation into the living condition of British people? 

  1. 1757

  2. 1820

  3. 1842

  4. 1853
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Edwin Chadwick's landmark 'Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain' was published in 1842, following a government investigation.

Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people industries and impact impact of industrial revolution industrial revolution and social change the age canal and great engineers industrial revolution and its effects india's contemporary economic condition the industrial revolution

When a royal commission to investigate the employment of women and children in mines was set up?

  1. 1832

  2. 1842

  3. 1852

  4. 1862
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Royal Commission to investigate the employment of women and children in mines was established in 1842, leading to the Mines Act of the same year.

Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people industries and impact impact of industrial revolution industrial revolution and social change the age canal and great engineers industrial revolution and its effects india's contemporary economic condition the industrial revolution

Who introduced the four-field crop rotation system in England?

  1. John Kay

  2. Charles Townshend

  3. George Ackworth

  4. Richard Arkwright
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Charles Townshend, often called 'Turnip Townshend', is credited with popularizing the four-field crop rotation system in England.

Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people industries and impact impact of industrial revolution industrial revolution and social change the age canal and great engineers industrial revolution and its effects india's contemporary economic condition the industrial revolution

When Michael Sadler's committee was set up?

  1. 1830

  2. 1832

  3. 1836

  4. 1840
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Michael Sadler's parliamentary committee, which investigated child labor in factories, was established in 1832.

Multiple choice history nazism and the rise of hitler causes and impact of nazism nazism in germany causes, aim and impact of nazism

According to the Nazis, which treaty was against Germany?

  1. Treaty of Versailles

  2. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

  3. Treaty of Germany

  4. Treaty of Nations
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A Correct answer
Explanation
  • The Nazis were nationalists and believed that Germany was a great country that had been humiliated by the Treaty of Versailles.
  • They aimed to make Germany great again by expanding beyond the borders drawn by Versailles.
Multiple choice history nazism and the rise of hitler causes and impact of nazism nazism in germany causes, aim and impact of nazism

Who among the following was assigned the responsibility of economic recovery by Hitler?

  1. Goebbels

  2. Hindenburg

  3. Hjalmar Schacht

  4. Adam Smith

  5. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Hitler assigned the responsibility of economic recovery to the economist Hjalmar Schacht who aimed at full production and full employment through a state-funded work-creation programme. This project produced the famous German superhighways and the people’s car, the Volkswagen. 

Multiple choice history nazism and the rise of hitler causes and impact of nazism nazism in germany causes, aim and impact of nazism

Which of the following is the correct definition of the term Conscription?

  1. to build weapons such as tanks and bombs.

  2. the wilful destruction of property.

  3. acts of exceptional brutality and violence.

  4. the process of making all men join the army for a set time.
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D Correct answer
Explanation
  • Conscription is the process of making all men join the army for a set time.
  • In 1935, Hitler planned to reintroduce conscription in Germany though it was forbidden according to the Treaty of Versailles.
Multiple choice history nazism and the rise of hitler causes and impact of nazism nazism in germany causes, aim and impact of nazism

When did Hitler join the German Workers Party?

  1. 1918

  2. 1919

  3. 1920

  4. 1921

  5. None of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

 In 1919, he joined a small group called the German Workers Party. He subsequently took over the organisation and renamed it the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. This party came to be known as the Nazi Party.