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Rajasthan Board Class 10 (RBSE) Age Of Industrialisation — practice questions

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The first symbol of the new industrial era in Britain was the:Read the answer and worked solution →Proto-industrialisation refers to:Read the answer and worked solution →The first cotton mill in Britain was set up in:Read the answer and worked solution →The 'jobber' in 19th-century Indian cotton mills was:Read the answer and worked solution →James Watt's improvement of the steam engine was patented in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Spinning Jenny was invented by:Read the answer and worked solution →In late-19th-century India, who set up the first jute mill?Read the answer and worked solution →The 'fly shuttle' (also called the flying shuttle) was invented by:Read the answer and worked solution →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 industrial termRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: industrialisationRead the answer and worked solution →

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The first symbol of the new industrial era in Britain was the:

  1. Cotton mill
  2. Steam engine
  3. Railroad
  4. Steel factory
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Correct answer: A. Cotton mill

1. syllabus opens Ch 4 with the Industrial Revolution's iconic symbol. 2. Cotton mills came to symbolise the new factory system in Britain. 3. Steam was the energy source; railroads and steel followed cotton. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Intro ¶1_

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Proto-industrialisation refers to:

  1. Decentralised cottage manufacturing before the factory era
  2. Modern factory production
  3. Mass production assembly lines (typical)
  4. Computer-based manufacturing
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Correct answer: A. Decentralised cottage manufacturing before the factory era

1. syllabus distinguishes pre-factory production from factory production. 2. Proto-industrialisation was the early phase of industrialisation — production carried out by merchants supplying advances to peasant households across the countryside. 3. It pre-dated and co-existed with early factories. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Proto-Industrialisation ¶1_

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The first cotton mill in Britain was set up in:

  1. 1750
  2. 1860
  3. 1820
  4. 1771
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Correct answer: D. 1771

1. syllabus dates Britain's industrial history. 2. The first cotton mill was set up by Richard Arkwright in 1771. 3. This marked the transition from cottage industry to factory production. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Coming of the Factory ¶1_

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