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CBSE Class 10 Global World & Industrialisation — practice questions — page 2

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What did 'mass production' bring to early-20th-century industrial economies?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did British textile exports to India initially face resistance after the Industrial Revolution?Read the answer and worked solution →India's first iron and steel factory, the Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), was set up in 1907 at:Read the answer and worked solution →The 'Swadeshi Movement' (1905-1908) urged Indians to:Read the answer and worked solution →Indian-owned cotton mills in the late 19th and early 20th centuries primarily produced:Read the answer and worked solution →Match each term in world tradeRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: a global worldRead the answer and worked solution →Match each industrial termRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: industrialisationRead the answer and worked solution →The name 'silk routes' points to the importance of:Read the answer and worked solution →The silk routes thrived almost till the:Read the answer and worked solution →Along the silk routes, what flowed from Europe to Asia?Read the answer and worked solution →Potatoes, maize and tomatoes reached Europe and Asia only after:Read the answer and worked solution →Which crop helped Europe's poor eat better and live longer?Read the answer and worked solution →Hundreds of thousands died in Ireland in the mid-1840s because:Read the answer and worked solution →The Corn Laws allowed the British government to:Read the answer and worked solution →Who forced the abolition of the Corn Laws?Read the answer and worked solution →After the Corn Laws were scrapped, food in Britain could be:Read the answer and worked solution →Rinderpest arrived in Africa in the:Read the answer and worked solution →Rinderpest killed what share of Africa's cattle?Read the answer and worked solution →Rinderpest was carried into Africa by:Read the answer and worked solution →An Indian indentured contract promised return travel after:Read the answer and worked solution →Most Indian indentured workers came from:Read the answer and worked solution →A well-known pioneer of mass production was:Read the answer and worked solution →Ford adapted the assembly line from:Read the answer and worked solution →Ford doubled the daily wage in January 1914 to:Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Depression began around:Read the answer and worked solution →During the Depression the worst affected were:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bretton Woods conference was held in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Bretton Woods system was based on:Read the answer and worked solution →

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What did 'mass production' bring to early-20th-century industrial economies?

  1. Standardised products + lower per-unit costs
  2. Lower wages for everyone
  3. End of all small enterprises (typical)
  4. Higher prices for cars
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Correct answer: A. Standardised products + lower per-unit costs

1. syllabus discusses mass production with the Ford example. 2. Mass production reduced per-unit cost (e.g. Model T price dropped from $850 in 1908 to under $300 by mid-1920s). 3. Standardisation made cars affordable for the working middle class. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Ford ¶2_

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Why did British textile exports to India initially face resistance after the Industrial Revolution?

  1. Indians refused to wear cloth (typical)
  2. British fabrics were illegal
  3. Indian fabrics had better quality and lower prices
  4. India banned imports
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Correct answer: C. Indian fabrics had better quality and lower prices

1. syllabus discusses the global trade dynamics. 2. Indian cotton fabrics — particularly Bengal's fine muslins and Coromandel calicos — had a strong global reputation. 3. British textiles initially struggled in India due to higher costs and inferior quality, until East India Company power was used to discriminate against Indian weavers. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §India ¶1_

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India's first iron and steel factory, the Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), was set up in 1907 at:

  1. Mumbai
  2. Rourkela
  3. Bhilai
  4. Jamshedpur
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Correct answer: D. Jamshedpur

1. syllabus covers TISCO's founding. 2. Jamshedpur Jamshedji Tata's company set up the first integrated steel plant at Sakchi (renamed Jamshedpur) in 1907. 3. Bhilai and Rourkela are post-Independence public-sector steel plants. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Indian Industry ¶3_

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