Time Left:
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1. After the war, Manchester:
A. Regained its old position
B. Collapsed in the Indian market
C. Increased exports to India
D. Modernised successfully
2. In 1911 about what percentage of industrial labour worked in registered factories?
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 20%
D. 50%
3. Handloom cloth production between 1900 and 1940:
A. Declined steadily
B. Almost trebled
C. Became extinct
D. Moved entirely to mills
4. The fly shuttle helped weavers by:
A. Reducing wages
B. Improving productivity and speed
C. Making designs automatically
D. Spinning yarn
5. By 1941 over what percentage of handlooms in India were fitted with fly shuttles?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 35%
D. 80%
6. Which region had 70-80% handlooms fitted with fly shuttles?
A. Punjab
B. Travancore, Madras, Mysore, Cochin, Bengal
C. Gujarat
D. Rajasthan
7. Demand for coarse cloth fluctuated because:
A. The rich disliked it
B. It was expensive
C. Rural poor’s income varied during famines
D. Mills stopped producing it
8. Which cloth was not easily displaced by mill production?
A. Banarasi and Baluchari saris
B. Coarse lungis
C. Ordinary handkerchiefs
D. Plain cotton cloth
9. The entire household often worked at various stages of production because:
A. It was easy work
B. It was integral to industrialisation
C. They were remnants of the past
D. Children were forced by law
10. Labels on cloth bundles were meant to:
A. Hide origin
B. Show price only
C. Indicate manufacture place and company name
D. Confuse buyers
11. Images of gods on labels were intended to:
A. Show disrespect
B. Give divine approval and familiarity
C. Advertise temples
D. Support local artists
12. Calendars were effective advertisements because:
A. Only educated people used them
B. They were hung in many places and seen daily
C. They were printed rarely
D. They replaced newspapers
13. Figures of emperors and nawabs in ads conveyed the message:
A. This product is for rulers only
B. If rulers use it, its quality is unquestionable
C. It is a cheap product
D. It is produced abroad only
14. Indian manufacturers’ advertisements carried:
A. British flags
B. Nationalist swadeshi messages
C. Foreign company logos
D. Blank labels
15. Proto-industrialisation refers to:
A. The first factories
B. Early large-scale production outside factories
C. Mechanised textile production
D. Colonial trade policies
16. Surat’s decline by the 1740s was linked to:
A. Famine
B. European monopoly and new ports
C. Earthquake
D. Rise of Persian trade
17. The East India Company appointed gomasthas to:
A. Supervise weavers and collect supplies
B. Teach new weaving methods
C. Provide education
D. Set prices freely
18. Weavers clashed with gomasthas because:
A. They gave high prices
B. They were outsiders, acted arrogantly and punished delays
C. They were family members
D. They abolished advances
19. By the 1850s, Indian cotton weavers faced:
A. Expanding markets
B. Decline of exports and cheap Manchester imports
C. High wages
D. Government subsidies
20. The American Civil War caused:
A. Cotton exports from India to decrease
B. Raw cotton exports from India to increase and prices to shoot up
C. Manchester to stop production permanently
D. Weavers to get cheap raw cotton
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