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Multiple choice history the industrial revolution and social change (1750-1900 ce) industrial revolution and its effects industries and impact the industrial age and change of life of people

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The increase in food production in Britain after 1780 was largely driven by simple improvements in farming techniques, such as better crop rotation and bringing more land under cultivation, rather than immediate radical technological shifts.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution and social change (1750-1900 ce) industrial revolution and its effects industries and impact the industrial age and change of life of people

Who raised funds for Mary Seacole to help her survive?

  1. Teachers

  2. Doctors

  3. Nurses

  4. Soldiers
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse who served in the Crimean War, faced financial hardship later in life, and a public appeal supported by soldiers who knew her work helped raise funds for her.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution and social change (1750-1900 ce) industrial revolution and its effects industries and impact the industrial age and change of life of people

David Lloyd was a _________ politician.

  1. Communist Party

  2. Liberal Party

  3. Green Party

  4. Democratic Socialist Party
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

David Lloyd George was a prominent member and leader of the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom during the early 20th century.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution and social change (1750-1900 ce) industrial revolution and its effects industries and impact the industrial age and change of life of people

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The enclosure movement involved the consolidation of small landholdings into larger, fenced-in farms, which deprived the rural poor of their customary rights to use common lands for grazing and gathering.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution and social change (1750-1900 ce) industrial revolution and its effects industries and impact the industrial age and change of life of people

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

  1. Manufacturing

  2. Farming

  3. Construction works

  4. Trade
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Around 1750, before the height of the Industrial Revolution, the vast majority of the population in the countryside was engaged in farming, which was the primary economic activity.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution and social change (1750-1900 ce) industrial revolution and its effects industries and impact the industrial age and change of life of people

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Mary Seacole was a nurse who served during the Crimean War. Her autobiography highlights the poor conditions and lack of medical care for soldiers, emphasizing the need for better treatment.

Multiple choice history the industrial revolution and social change (1750-1900 ce) industrial revolution and its effects industries and impact the industrial age and change of life of people

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.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
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.

Multiple choice history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
Harsha's brother-in-law was the ruler of:

  1. Kanauj

  2. Pataliputra

  3. Ujjain

  4. Prayaga
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Harsha became the king of Thanesar after his father and elder brother died. Hisbrother-in-law was the ruler of Kanauj and was killed by the ruler of Bengal.

Multiple choice history the period of harshavardhana ( 600- 650 a.d. ) harsha's period rule of harshavardhana the vardhans

Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
We come to know about Harshavardhana from:

  1. The biography written by Banabhatta

  2. The account of Xuan Zang

  3. Both (a) and (b)

  4. Neither (a) nor (d)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Harsha is also known as Harshavardhana, was an Indian emperor who ruled North India from 606 to 647 CE. He was a member of the Vardhana dynasty; and was the son of Prabhakarvardhana who defeated the Alchon Huna invaders, and the younger brother of Rajyavardhana, a king of Thanesar, present-day Haryana.

His biography was written by Banabhatta. We also know about Harshavardhana from Xuan Zang.