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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 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 →

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In late-19th-century India, who set up the first jute mill?

  1. Tata family
  2. Rishra (Bengal) merchants
  3. Dwarkanath Tagore
  4. British East India Company
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Correct answer: B. Rishra (Bengal) merchants

1. syllabus covers Indian entrepreneurship in industry. 2. The first jute mill came up in Rishra (near Kolkata) in 1855. 3. Eastern India's jute mills concentrated near Kolkata. _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Indian Entrepreneurs ¶2_

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The 'fly shuttle' (also called the flying shuttle) was invented by:

  1. Edmund Cartwright
  2. John Kay
  3. Crompton
  4. Watt
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Correct answer: B. John Kay

1. Your syllabus lists textile innovations. 2. John Kay invented the fly shuttle in 1733 — it doubled weaver productivity. 3. Hargreaves spun (Spinning Jenny); Arkwright (Water Frame); Crompton (Mule); Cartwright (Power Loom). _Source: syllabus History India and the Contemporary World - II, Ch 4 "The Age of Industrialisation", §Inventions ¶1_

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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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