MCQ Questions for Class 11 History Chapter 9 The Industrial Revolution with Answers

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Here you will find NCERT MCQ Questions for Class 11 History with Answers PDF Free Download based on the important concepts and topics given in the textbook as per CBSE new exam pattern. This may assist you to understand and check your knowledge about the chapters. Students also can take a free test of the Multiple Choice Questions of Class 11 History. Each question has four options followed by the right answer. These MCQ Questions are selected supported by the newest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.

Q1. To drain mines, the Miner’s Friend was invented, in 1698, by

(a) James Watt.
(b) Thomas Savery.
(c) Thomas Newcomen.
(d) Matthew Boulton.

(b) Thomas Savery.

Q2. In 1814, the railway engineer George Stephenson constructed a locomotive called

(a) ‘The Blutcher’.
(b) The ‘Puffing Devil’.
(c) The ‘Pumping Ghost’.
(d) The ‘Mighty Force’.

(a) ‘The Blutcher’.

Q3. Initially, canals were built in England to

(a) transport coal to cities.
(b) transport food grains.
(c) transport people.
(d) transport raw cotton.

(a) transport coal to cities.

Q4. Among the several factors which made Britain the first industrialised country, the one described as a major economic change, in 18th century, was

(a) Common laws.
(b) Single currency and market.
(c) Use of money as medium of exchange.
(d) Agricultural Revolution.

(d) Agricultural Revolution.

Q5. By 1850s, most of Britain was connected by

(a) rivers.
(b) railways.
(c) canals.
(d) roads.

(b) railways.

Q6. The first blast furnace was invented by

(a) Henry Cort
(b) Abraham Darby III
(c) Abraham Darby I
(d) Abraham Darby II

(c) Abraham Darby I

Q7. The enclosure movement, which caused hardship to farmers, began from

(a) 1760s.
(b) 1770s.
(c) 1780s.
(d) 1790s.

(c) 1780s.

Q8. The first railway line in Britain was constructed in _ between the cities of Stockhom and Darlington.

(a) 1822 C.E.
(b) 1824 C.E.
(c) 1825 C.E.
(d) 1827 C.E.

(a) 1822 C.E.

Q9. Which one of the following is not true regarding the demands of participants of Luddism?

(a) Fix working hours.
(b) Control over women and child labour.
(c) Employment for those who had lost their jobs due to coming of machinery.
(d) Right to form trade unions to legally present their demands.

(a) Fix working hours.

Q10. Which one of the following is a machine that greatly contributed to the revolution in textile industry?

(a) Flying shuttle
(b) Watt steam
(c) The typewriter.
(d) The locomotive

(c) The typewriter.

Q11. _ were those laws which prevented the import of cheaper food until prices in Britain had risen to a certain level.

(a) Wheat Laws
(b) Rice Laws
(c) Corn Laws
(d) Lentil Laws

(c) Corn Laws

Q12. The inventions were based on

(a) Study on natural sciences
(b) Individual adventures
(c) Determination, curiosity and interest of individuals
(d) Study of humanities.

(c) Determination, curiosity and interest of individuals

Q13. Factory managers considered child labour as training for, future factory work because

(a) There were no other works available than factories.
(b) It was a conspiracy of the British Government to limit the potential of working class.
(c) Children would feel themselves perfect in their youth.
(d) Workers were given no political rights and they could not – form their unions.

(b) It was a conspiracy of the British Government to limit the potential of working class.

Q14. The twd Combination Acts were passed to

(a) Fix minimum wages of the workers
(b) Make the working conditions congenial
(c) Prohibit the workers from protesting and forming associations
(d) Maintain old corruption.

(c) Prohibit the workers from protesting and forming associations

II. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

Q15. There were published …………….. and papers of scientific socities in England.

scientific journals

Q16. Stephenson had made the first locomotive which he named ……………..

rocket

Q17. Miners’ Friend was used to …………….. mines.

drain

Q18. Three Darbys contributed to the ……………. process.

smeltering,

Q19. In 1814, the railway engineer George Stephenson constructed a locomotive called

(a) The Butcher
(b) The Puffing Devil
(c) The Pumping Ghost
(d) The Mighty Force

(a) The Butcher

Q20. The first Derby invented a _ in 1709 C.E.

(a) Flying shuttle
(b) Blast Furnace
(c) The typewriter
(d) The locomotive

(b) Blast Furnace

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