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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 →Which 1948 declaration by the United Nations addresses servitude?Read the answer and worked solution →What usually makes a triangular trade evolve?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the most commonly cited example of triangular trade?Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Depression spread worldwide mainly after decline in which country's economy?Read the answer and worked solution →Where did the delegates of the 1944 monetary conference meet?Read the answer and worked solution →Bretton Woods planners wanted to avoid repeating the economic tensions of which post-World War I treaty?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the post-war Bretton Woods system, the US dollar was tied to which metal?Read the answer and worked solution →On what date did the United States end dollar convertibility to gold?Read the answer and worked solution →Which 1930s British Empire trade bloc used sterling held in London?Read the answer and worked solution →Where is rinderpest believed to have originated?Read the answer and worked solution →Rinderpest mainly infects which kind of animals?Read the answer and worked solution →Rinderpest virus belongs to which genus?Read the answer and worked solution →Rinderpest virus shares its genus with which other virus?Read the answer and worked solution →How was rinderpest mainly spread between animals?Read the answer and worked solution →Which early symptoms appear in rinderpest infection?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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