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1. The figure ‘Angel of Progress’ depicted in a 1900 illustration symbolised:
A. The decline of machines
B. The triumph of tradition
C. The arrival of modernity
D. The end of industrialisation
2. Aladdin in the trade magazine image represented:
A. The West and modernity
B. The East and the past
C. The future of machines
D. The industrial worker
3. Before factories, large-scale industrial production was known as:
A. Mechanisation
B. Guild production
C. Proto-industrialisation
D. Urbanisation
4. Guilds were:
A. Associations controlling production and trade
B. Small shops selling goods
C. Early factories
D. Farmer cooperatives
5. Merchants moved to the countryside because:
A. Towns were too crowded
B. Guilds restricted production in towns
C. Labour was cheaper
D. Villages had better markets
6. Proto-industrialisation allowed peasants to:
A. Stop farming entirely
B. Supplement their shrinking income
C. Move permanently to towns
D. Become gomasthas
7. London became known as a:
A. Spinning centre
B. Finishing centre
C. Cotton-growing centre
D. Raw material supplier
8. The first factories in England appeared in:
A. 1720s
B. 1730s
C. 1760s
D. 1800s
10. Richard Arkwright is associated with:
A. The Spinning Jenny
B. The Cotton Mill
C. Steam Engine patent
D. Textile dyeing
11. Carding refers to:
A. Sorting wool
B. Preparing fibres before spinning
C. Pleating cloth
D. Dyeing yarn
12. By 1873, Britain’s iron and steel export was about:
A. £ 10 million
B. £ 40 million
C. £ 77 million
D. £ 100 million
13. Less than what percentage of the workforce was employed in technologically advanced sectors by the late nineteenth century?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 50%
14. The steam engine improved by James Watt was patented in:
A. 1764
B. 1770
C. 1781
D. 1790
15. In early 19th century, the typical worker was:
A. A machine operator
B. A traditional craftsperson
C. A factory manager
D. An engineer
16. In Victorian Britain, industrialists preferred hand labour because:
A. Machines were banned
B. Labour was scarce
C. Labour was cheap and abundant
D. Machines were more efficient
17. The demand for labour in many industries was:
A. Permanent
B. Seasonal
C. Declining
D. Technological
18. Handmade products in Victorian Britain symbolised:
A. Inferior goods
B. Refinement and class
C. Factory efficiency
D. Colonial imports
19. The Spinning Jenny was devised by:
A. Richard Arkwright
B. James Watt
C. James Hargreaves
D. Mathew Boulton
20. Workers opposed the Spinning Jenny because it:
A. Produced poor quality thread
B. Reduced demand for manual labour
C. Increased wages
D. Needed skilled labour
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