Class 10th History Chapter – 5 The Age of Industrialisation
| Textbook | NCERT |
| Class | 10th |
| Subject | Social Science (History) |
| Chapter | 5th |
| Chapter Name | The Age of Industrialisation |
| Category | Class 10th Social Science History |
| Medium | English |
| Source | Last Doubt |
Class 10th History Chapter – 5 The Age of Industrialisation
Chapter – 5
The Age of Industrialisation
MCQ
(1) Ordinary and small innovations were the basis of growth in many _______ sectors such as _________. A. Non-mechanised Answer – (A) Non-mechanised |
(2) James Watt patented the new engine in _______. A. 1791 Answer – (D) 1781 |
(3) Which of the following statements are true about Gomasthas. A. In many weaving villages, there were reports of clashes between weavers and gomasthas. Answer – (D) Both (A) and (B). |
(4) ___________ created the cotton mill. A. Orville Wright Answer – (B) Richard Arkwright |
(5) Even at the end of the nineteenth century, ________ of the total workforce was employed in technologically advanced industrial sectors. A. Less than 20 percent Answer – (A) Less than 20 percent |
(6) Growing at a rapid pace, ________ was the leading sector in the first phase of industrialisation up to the 1840s. A. Shipping Answer – (C) Cotton |
(7) With the expansion of railways, in England from the 1840s and in the colonies from the 1860s, the demand for ______ and _______ increased rapidly. A. Iron and Steel Answer – (A) Iron and Steel |
(8) By 1873 Britain was exporting iron and steel worth about £ 77 million, double the value of its ________export. A. Meat Answer – (B) Cotton |
(9) __________ products came to symbolise refinement and class. A. Machine Made Answer – (B) Handmade |
(10) The first symbol of the new era was ________. Its production boomed in the late nineteenth century. A. Cotton Answer – (A) Cotton |
(11) Which of the following statements are true about Steam Engines? A. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, there were not more than 321 steam engines all over England. Answer – Option (D) All the above statements are true. |
(12) The production process (carding, twisting and spinning, and rolling) is associated with the production of _______. A. Cotton Answer – (A) Cotton |
(13) ________ goods were for export to the colonies. A. Handmade Answer – (B) Machine made |
(14) _______ and ______ merchants took the goods from Punjab to Afghanistan, Eastern Persia and Central Asia. A. Turkish and Persian Answer – (B) Armenian and Persian |
(15) Before the age of machine industries, silk and cotton goods from _________ dominated the international market in textiles. A. India Answer – (A) India |
(16) _______ on the Gujarat coast connected India to the Gulf and the Red Sea Ports. A. Okha Answer – (C) Surat |
(17) ________ on the Coromandel Coast and had trade links with Southeast Asian ports. A. Calicut Answer – (B) Masulipatam |
(18) The earliest factories in England came up by _____. But it was only in the late eighteenth century that the number of factories multiplied. A. 1760s Answer – (C) 1730s |
(19) Hoogly in _______ had trade links with Southeast Asian ports. A. Maharashtra Answer – (D) Bengal |
(20) As Surat and Hoogly ports in India decayed, _____ and _____ ports grew in India. A. Bombay and Calcutta Answer – (A) Bombay and Calcutta |
NCERT Solution Class 10th History All Chapters MCQ
- Chapter – 1 The Rise of Nationalism in Europe
- Chapter – 2 The Nationalist Movement in Indo-China
- Chapter – 3 Nationalism in India
- Chapter – 4 The Making of Global World
- Chapter – 5 The Age of Industrialisation
- Chapter – 6 Work, Life and Leisure
- Chapter – 7 Print Culture and the Modern World
- Chapter – 8 Novels, Society and History