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In this quiz, you will find questions related to the Industrial Revolution i.e, when the production of goods increases drastically, how it helps in other growth of other sectors like agriculture, etc.
_____ were those laws which prevented the import of cheaper food until prices in Britain had risen to a certain level.
The first Derby invented a _____ in 1709 C.E.
Which one of the following is a machine that greatly contributed to the revolution in the textile industry?
Among the several factors which made Britain the first industrialized country, the one described as a major economic change, in the 18th century, was?
Common laws
Single currency and market
Use of money as a medium of exchange
Agricultural Revolution
The Miner’s Friend, a model steam engine, was built by?
Matthew Boulton
James Watt
Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Savery
By the 1850s, most of Britain was connected by?
Rivers
Railways
Canals
Roads
The first blast furnace was invented by?
Henry Cort
Abraham Darby III
Abraham Darby I
Abraham Darby II
The twd Combination Acts were passed to:
Fix minimum wages of the workers
Make the working conditions congenial
Prohibit the workers from protesting and forming associations
Maintain old corruption.
Factory managers considered child labour as training for, future factory work because?
There were no other works available than factories.
It was a conspiracy of the British Government to limit the potential of working class.
Children would feel themselves perfect in their youth.
Workers were given no political rights and they could not – form their unions.
The inventions were based on:
Study on natural sciences
Individual adventures
Determination, curiosity and interest of individuals
Study of humanities.
The invention of railway took the entire process of industrialisation to a second stage because?
It contributed to transportation of goods at various stages.
It connected manufacturing units with their source material.
It became helpful in export of goods.
It transported passengers and goods at cheaper rates than the transportation through canal.
Watt created the Soho Foundry for?
Production of Coal
Steam Engine
Supporting Thomas Newcomen’s engine
Manufacture of steam engines.
To drain mines, the Miner’s Friend was invented, in 1698, by?
James Watt
Thomas Savery
Thomas Newcomen
Matthew Boulton
In 1814, the railway engineer George Stephenson constructed a locomotive called?
The Butcher
The Puffing Devil
The Pumping Ghost
The Mighty Force
Initially, canals were built in England to:
Transport coal to cities
Transport food grains
Transport people
Transport raw cotton
