Class 10 Social Science: The Age of Industrialisation — Chapter Test 1

Class 10 • Social Science • The Age of Industrialisation • Chapter Test

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Question 1 of 15

Proto-industrialisation refers to:

factory production using steam

large-scale production for international markets in the countryside, before factories

production only for home use

production by machines in cities

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Correct Option:(B)large-scale production for international markets in the countryside, before factories

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Question 2 of 15

The first industry to be mechanised in Britain was:

iron

cotton textiles

shipbuilding

coal

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Correct Option:(B)cotton textiles

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Question 3 of 15

The spinning jenny was invented by:

Richard Arkwright

James Hargreaves

James Watt

Samuel Crompton

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Correct Option:(B)James Hargreaves

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Question 4 of 15

Richard Arkwright is known for creating the:

steam engine

cotton mill

spinning mule

railway

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Correct Option:(B)cotton mill

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Question 5 of 15

James Watt improved the steam engine of:

Thomas Newcomen

George Stephenson

Arkwright

Hargreaves

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Correct Option:(A)Thomas Newcomen

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