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UPSC CDS Modern Indian History — practice questions — page 15

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Of the 19 European cities whose population doubled between 1750 and 1800, how many were in Britain?Read the answer and worked solution →The Bank of England, centre of the financial system, was founded in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1709 the first Abraham Darby invented a blast furnace using which fuel instead of charcoal?Read the answer and worked solution →Who designed the puddling furnace and rolling mill for purifying iron?Read the answer and worked solution →The world's first iron bridge, built in 1779, spans which river at Coalbrookdale?Read the answer and worked solution →The flying shuttle loom of 1733 was designed by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →James Hargreaves made the spinning jenny in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which inventor of the water frame was by trade a barber and wig-maker?Read the answer and worked solution →The machine nicknamed the mule, spinning strong fine yarn, was invented in 1779 by:Read the answer and worked solution →Watt's horsepower unit equals lifting how many pounds one foot in one minute?Read the answer and worked solution →Thomas Savery built a model steam engine in 1698 to drain mines. What was it called?Read the answer and worked solution →James Watt developed his improved steam engine in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The first English canal, the Worsley Canal of 1761, was built by whom to carry coal?Read the answer and worked solution →The first railway line, opened in 1825, connected which two towns?Read the answer and worked solution →Cities in England with over 50,000 people grew from two in 1750 to how many in 1850?Read the answer and worked solution →Parliament passed two Combination Acts against protest in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The machine-breaking movement of 1811-17 led by General Ned Ludd was called:Read the answer and worked solution →Eighty thousand people gathered at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, in August 1819. The crackdown was called:Read the answer and worked solution →The Mines and Collieries Act of 1842 banned which groups from working underground?Read the answer and worked solution →The Great Exhibition of 1851 was held in which specially built structure in London?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the inventorsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the textile machinesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the invention yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the steam menRead the answer and worked solution →Iron or cottonRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the protest eventsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Industrial Revolution bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Japan incorporated Taiwan into its empire in 1895 and which other territory in 1910?Read the answer and worked solution →Which family held the position of shogun in Japan from 1603 to 1867?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Of the 19 European cities whose population doubled between 1750 and 1800, how many were in Britain?

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 19
  4. 15
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Correct answer: A. 11

1. London was the largest. 2. Eleven of the nineteen were British. 3. London replaced Amsterdam as the loan centre. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 9, The Industrial Revolution._

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The Bank of England, centre of the financial system, was founded in which year?

  1. 1820
  2. 1694
  3. 1784
  4. 1760
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Correct answer: B. 1694

1. By 1784 there were over a hundred provincial banks. 2. The Bank of England dates from 1694. 3. By the 1820s there were over 600 provincial banks. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 9, The Industrial Revolution._

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In 1709 the first Abraham Darby invented a blast furnace using which fuel instead of charcoal?

  1. Oil
  2. Wood
  3. Coke
  4. Peat
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Correct answer: C. Coke

1. Coke came from coal with sulphur removed. 2. It generated high temperatures. 3. Three Darbys revolutionised iron making. _Source: syllabus Themes in World History, Theme 9, The Industrial Revolution._

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