CLASS10 · Socialscience · Industrialisation — True or False

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The first factories were set up in Britain.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Spinning Jenny was invented by Richard Arkwright.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Indian textiles were exported to Europe long before the British factory system.

4. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   James Watt improved the steam engine.

5. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Industrialisation initially improved working hours and wages for all workers.

6. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Bombay (now Mumbai) became a major cotton-mill centre.

Instructions

Decide each statement about the Age of Industrialisation.