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Who argued that capitalism is both a progressive as well as an exploitative system?

  1. Karl Marx and Fredric Engels

  2. Fredric Engels and Thomas Moore

  3. Thomas Moore and Plato

  4. Karl Marx and Thomas Moore


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Karl Marx and Fredric Engels came up with a new theory of socialism based on their study of the working of industrial capitalist production. They argued that capitalism is both a progressive as well as an exploitative system. Marx believed that industrial production will make it impossible for people to live and work on a small scale; they will have to cooperate with countless number of people to produce even
their basic needs.

Which revolution gave birth to many political terminologies?

  1. Industrial

  2. American

  3. Russian

  4. French


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Industrial revolution caused major changes in the social and political aspects. It restructured the societal outlook and provided for various political outcomes. Parliamentary control, laws and bylaws to regulate the slavery, urbanization, capitalism, neo-colonialism etc. were some terms that were recognised during the industrial revolution.

Which machine allowed for a spinner to spin 8 threads at a time?

  1. The flying Shuttle

  2. Spinning Jenny

  3. Spinning Mule

  4. Cotton Gin


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Spinning Jenny used eight spindles onto which the thread was spun, so by turning a single wheel, the operator could now spin eight threads at once. It was invented by James Hargreaves

First country to undergo industrial revolution was _______.

  1. France

  2. Germany

  3. USA

  4. Britain


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other European countries, including Belgium, France, and Germany, and to the United States.

Which ideology is based on private ownership of the means of production?

  1. Socialist

  2. Imperialist

  3. Capitalist

  4. Communist


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Capitalism is based on private ownership of the means of production. Capitalists themselves determine what is to be produced and who is to be given a share of the produce. At the same time, it is also debated that capitalism distributes wealth and power in an unfair and exploitative manner.

Given below is the quote from Machiavelli's political treatise. In this the Prince is most strongly aligned with which of the following economic approaches?

"All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively. Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer."

  1. Socialism

  2. Communism

  3. Laissez-Faire economics

  4. Capitalism

  5. Utopianism


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for profit. Characteristics central to capitalism include private property, capital accumulation, wage labor, voluntary exchange, a price system, and competitive markets. In a capitalist market economy, decision-making and investment are determined by every owner of wealth, property or production ability in financial and capital markets, whereas prices and the distribution of goods.

Which movement started due to the advancement in technology and machinery?

  1. Reformation

  2. Renaissance

  3. Industrial revolution

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain was due to the advancement in technology and machinery. Hand production methods were replaced by machines, new chemical and the iron production processes were invented.

Which of the following is/are cause/s for the rise of capitalism in England?

  1. Growth of towns and Increase in population

  2. Disappearance of small Farmers

  3. Mass production

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Capitalism in Europe was preceded by feudalism. Under feudalism, land was overwhelmingly the main means of production. Land was owned by feudal lords, and a large number of peasants bound to the land worked it in small farms. The surplus was owned by lords leading to disappearance of small farmers, growth of towns for production and loads of production.

The economic system based on private or corporate ownership of production and distribution is _______.

  1. Socialism

  2. Capitalism

  3. Feudalism

  4. Communism


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The correct answer is Capitalism. Socialism and Communism give significant power to the government to control the economy, while in Feudalism, corporate ownership is absent. It is only Capitalism which is entirely based on private ownership.

Which of the following was/were impact/s of capitalism?

  1. Loss of Traditional jobs

  2. Exploitation

  3. Overcrowding

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Capitalism is defined as an economic system in which a country’s trade, industry, and profits are controlled by private companies, instead of by the people whose time and labor powers those companies. so exploitation, overcrowding and loss of traditional jobs all were it's  effect.

The large scale factories began to develop ______ capital.

  1. Mercantile

  2. Social

  3. Natural

  4. Manufactured


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mercantilism refers to the economic policy wherein the trade and accumulation of goods were maximized by obtaining the cheap raw material from the colonies. The development of large scale factories in Europe during the Industrial Revolution required the raw material of cotton, jute etc. that lead to spread if mercantile capital.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of capitalism?

  1. Competition and consumer sovereignty

  2. Pursuit of personal profit

  3. Private ownership

  4. Government control of the economy


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Capitalism is an economic, social and political system where private individuals control a country's trade and business. The government has little or no control over the market. The United States is a capitalist country. Capitalism prioritizes individual rights, private ownership, and free enterprise.

Who invented the ''penny post system''?

  1. Samuel Morse

  2. Sir Rowland Hill

  3. James Brindley

  4. Bessemer


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Penny Post is one of several postal systems in which normal letters could be sent for one penny. It was invented by Sir Rowland Hill was an English teacher, inventor, and social reformer. He was knighted by Queen Victoria for 'services to the Nation'.

Who invented the telegraph?

  1. Samuel Morse

  2. Sir Rowland Hill

  3. James Brindley

  4. Davy


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Telegraph is the long-distance transmission of textual or symbolic messages without the physical exchange of an object bearing the message. It was invented by an American inventor Samuel Morse in 1844.

When did the first electric telegraph come into existence?

  1. 1842

  2. 1843

  3. 1844

  4. 1845


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The first electric telegraph was invented by Samuel Morse in 1844. On May 24, 1844, he electrically transmitted his first message 'What hath God wrought?' from Washington to Baltimore.

The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England primarily resulted from

  1. Widespread overpopulation

  2. Increased trade

  3. National prosperity

  4. Agricultural innovation

  5. Abundance of resources


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England primarily resulted from agricultural innovation. New farming techniques and improved livestock breeding led to amplified food production. This allowed a spike in population and increased health.

Which of the following factors did NOT contribute to the industrial revolution in Europe?

  1. The accumulation of capital.

  2. Improved agricultural productivity.

  3. Improvements in navigational tools.

  4. Legal protection of private property.


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Improvements in navigational tools.

Laissez-faire capitalism was an idea proposed by ___________________.

  1. moderate socialists

  2. mercantilists

  3. free-market industrialists

  4. abolionists

  5. labor unions


Correct Option: C

In the nineteenth century, India's economy was forced to:

  1. industrialize to meet the growing demands of a wealthy British middle class.

  2. abandon much of its food production in favor of expanding the production of textiles and cash crops.

  3. provide cheap labor for the factories of British.

  4. abandon its participation in the larger global economy in order to improve British trade.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Abandon much of its food production in favor of expanding the production of textiles and cash crops.

Arrange the following books in chronological order by using the code given below:
i. Das Kapital
ii. Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
iii. Patterns of Culture
iv. The Elementary Forms of Religious Life Codes:
  1. i ii iii iv

  2. ii i iii iv

  3. iv iii i ii

  4. iii iv i ii


Correct Option: B
Which of the following areas did NOT industrialize in the nineteenth century?
  1. The United States

  2. Russia

  3. Japan

  4. China


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Industrialization first started in England in the eighteenth century. It spread to other parts of Europe, Russia, the United States of America and Japan in the nineteenth century. Under the leadership of Mao Zedong industrialization began in China during the mid-twentieth century (after 1950 AD).

By the late nineteenth century, leading industrial owers like Great British and the United States depended upon an economic system originally described by:

  1. John Locke

  2. Adam Smith

  3. Karl Marx

  4. Alexander Hamilton


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Adam Smith.

The Industrial Revolution first began in __________ .

  1. England

  2. France

  3. Germany

  4. USA


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Industrial revolution can be termed as a structural transformation that happened in the Great Britain during the  eighteenth century. It refers to the  changes in the technological, socioeconomic and cultural areas primarily due to  mechanization of agriculture, textiles, metallurgy, steam power etc. It helped England to maintain its supremacy, as the revolution took time to reach other European nations.

Which of the following statement is not correct in context of French Revolution?

  1. Conservatives wanted to bring change through a slow process.

  2. Liberals were in favour of the uncontrolled power of dynastic rulers.

  3. Radicals supported women's suffrage movements.

  4. Liberals did not believe in universal adult franchise.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Liberals opposed the uncontrolled power of dynastic rulers. They wanted to safeguard the rights of individuals against governments. They argued for representative, elected parliamentary government and a well trained judiciary but they felt that the men of property should have the vote not every citizen.

What was the scythe used for before the mid-nineteenth century?

  1. For sowing seeds

  2. For harvesting crop

  3. For cutting grass

  4. For cutting vegetables


Correct Option: C

The overcrowded towns lacked ______ amenities.

  1. Sanitary

  2. Parking

  3. Living

  4. Working


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
The Industrial Revolution began in England in the late 1700’s. The Industrial Revolution was a time of new inventions, products, and methods of work. The results of the Industrial Revolution led to many short and long-term positive and negative effects. These results have been assessed from many viewpoints such as the factory workers, the factory owners, the government, and other people who observed the conditions in industrial cities. 
One negative effect of the Industrial Revolution was the poor working conditions in factories which were a big problem during the Industrial Revolution. Many people worked in factories, which had very tight spaces and poor lighting. 

Whom did the industrialists find more profitable to employ in their factories?
This question has multiple answers.

  1. Men

  2. Women

  3. Children

  4. All the above


Correct Option: B,C
Explanation:

It was profitable to employ the women and children in the factories because they were paid almost one-tenth of what was given to men. Also, the resistance was negligible from them because they hardly became a part of strikes organised by the workers' union. They could be made to perform menial jobs repeatedly.

______ became one of the greatest social problems.

  1. Mass unemployment

  2. Mass underemployment

  3. Mass employment

  4. Unemployment


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The most prominent social impact of the industrial revolution was mass underemployment. Underemployment is when a person lands in a job which doesn't use his actual skills. The expertise of  skilled workers like hand weavers became  obsolete owing to the extraordinary efficiency of textile  machines. This forced them to opt jobs which they were not familiar with. The challenging working conditions and undue payments worsened their living.

The emergence of big towns due to Industrial Revolution necessitated _______ reforms.

  1. Social

  2. Educational

  3. Parliamentary

  4. Progressive


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The continuous fall in the living, health and working conditions due to the industrial revolution necessitated the parliamentary reforms. There were increasing demands for improved social welfare, education, labour rights, political rights and equality, as well as for the abolition of the slave trade and changes in the electoral system. 

When did the earliest factories come up in England?

  1. 1720s

  2. 1730s

  3. 1740s

  4. 1750s


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The earliest factories in England came up during the 1730s and grew in number during the late eighteenth century. Cotton factories were the first factories to be set up and its production boomed in the late nineteenth century.

Which one of the following factories was considered as a symbol of new era in England in the late eighteen century?

  1. Metal

  2. Cotton

  3. Jute

  4. Iron and Steel


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The British had always woven cloth out of wool and flax. From 17th century country, had been importing bales of cotton from India. Till early 18th century spinning was a very slow process. But a series of technological invention fill the gap between the speed in spinning raw cotton into yarn. From the 1780s, the cotton industries in Britain symbolised industrialisation in Britain. From now raw cotton had to be imported and finished cloth was exported.

Search for colonies led to ______ imperialism.

  1. Colonial

  2. Economic

  3. Political

  4. Socio-cultural


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Exploitation colonialism is the national economic policy of conquering a country to exploit its population as labour and its natural resources as raw material. The practice of exploitation colonialism contrasts with settler colonialism, the policy of conquering a country to establish a branch of the metropole (motherland). A reason for which a country might practice exploitation colonialism is the immediate financial gain produced by the low-cost extraction of raw materials by means of a native people, usually administered by a colonial government.

The geopolitics of an Imperialist power determine which of these colonial practices it will follow. In the example of the British Empire, colonists settled mainly in northern North America and in Australia, where the native populations declined due to disease and violence in the course of establishing a facsimile society of the metropole. Whereas the densely populated countries of the British Raj (1858–1947), in the Indian subcontinent, and the British occupation of Egypt and South Africa, as well as the island of Barbados, were ruled by a small populace of colonial administrators (colonial government) that redirected the local economies to exploitation management to supply the metropole with food, raw materials, and some finished goods.

Exploitation was often reinforced by colonial European geographers who implemented theories such as environmental determinism, which suggested warmer climates produced less civilized people. These theories were among the scholarly canon that helped legitimize colonial activity and expansion into overseas territories.

Geographers such as Friedrich Ratzel suggested that the survival of empire relied on its ability to expand its control and influence around the world.By implying a correlation between colonial expansion and national success, geographers were able to produce a sense of nationalism within many European nations. Their influence created a sense of pride that was able to reassure subjects that their nation’s activity abroad was beneficial to not only them, but that their presence was necessary within the territories being occupied.

Barbados was claimed for the English in 1625 by Captain John Powell, and by the 1660s the English had come to regard Barbados as being by far and away their most highly prized possession anywhere in the New World.The island's value to England, and the enormous wealth of a minority of its English inhabitants, hinged on the relationship that had been forged during the previous twenty years between sugar and slavery.

As a result of the Industrial Revolution in England, the society was divided into _____ distinct classes.

  1. 3

  2. 4

  3. 2

  4. 5


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The correct answer for this question is option A, that is 3. Following the Industrial Revolution, a new class structure emerged which comprised of the lower/working class, the middle class and the upper class.

Which theory is also known as the theory of ''free trade''?

  1. Laissez-faire

  2. Capitalism

  3. Socialism

  4. Marxism


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Laissez-Faire is a French term for an economic system which supports free trade while the other 3 ideologies are distinct political-economic ideological systems.

The industrial revolution changed the ______ face of England.

  1. Political

  2. Economic

  3. Social

  4. Cultural


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The industrial revolution changed the economic face of England. England became the most advanced country in the world. It developed its trade relations and this increased the national income. The establishment of factories saw the rise of many new industrial towns like Manchester, Lancashire, Birmingham and Sheffield. 

Who wrote several volumes on London labour?

  1. Henry Mayhew

  2. Gareth Stedman Jones

  3. George Clay

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In the mid-nineteenth century, Henry Mayhew wrote several volumes on the London labour, and compiled long list of those who made a living from crime. Many of whom he listed as 'criminal' were in fact poor people who lived by stealing lead from roofs.

In which year more than three-quarters of the adults living in Manchester were migrants from rural areas?

  1. 1850

  2. 1851

  3. 1852

  4. 1853


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The early industrial cities of Britain such as Leeds and Manchester attracted large numbers of migrants to the textile mills setup in the late eighteenth century. In 1851, more than three-quarters of the adults living in Manchester were migrants from rural areas.

Why women gradually lost their industrial job?

  1. Because of increase in population

  2. Because of increase in crime

  3. Because of technological development

  4. All of above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Factories employed large number of women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. With technology developments, women gradually lost their industrial jobs, and were forced to work within household.

Which theory was opposed by the capitalists and traders?

  1. Socialism

  2. Marxism

  3. Capitalism

  4. Laissez-Faire


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

By this theory, capitalists and traders pleaded that the state had no right to interfere in the affairs of the factories and trade. 

Which revolution made the rich richer and the poor poorer?

  1. French

  2. American

  3. Industrial

  4. Russian


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The birth of new classes, the capitalist and the labour class made the poor poorer and the entire capital of the country went into the coffers on the capitalist. It was therefore rightly said by someone, the industrial revolution made the rich richer and the poor poorer. 

Which of the following is true regarding the Industrial revolution?

  1. Industrial revolutions denotes all those changes that took place in the field of industry during the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century

  2. This period marked a change from handwork to machine work

  3. This period marked a change from domestic system to factory system of production

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The term "Industrial revolution" refers to all those changes that took place in the field of the industry during the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century. In this period power-driven machines were used in big factories to achieve large scale production.

In this period the system of making goods in cottages or shop of workers were replaced with machine production in factories.

What is the reason for increase in industrialisation in Germany after $1870$?

  1. Invention of Dynamo by Werner Siemens

  2. Unification of Germany

  3. Capturing of Loraine from France by Germany

  4. All the above


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The Industrialization in Germany occurred almost a century later than England. This was because until 1870, Germany was not unified. In 1871, with the formation of New German Confederation, the country became politically, socially, and economically stronger. Thus, the unification provides a smooth platform for the growth of industries. Also, as a result of Seven Weeks war with France, Germany gained Alsace and Lorraine. These were mineral rich regions and gave an instant boom to the economy.

Choose the industrial towns that rose due to the establishment of factories.
This question has multiple answers.

  1. Sheffield

  2. Lancashire

  3. Manchester

  4. Edinburgh


Correct Option: A,B,C
Explanation:

Industrial revolution favoured rapid setup of factories which caused the development of specific towns. Early eighteenth century saw the development of cotton factories in Lancashire due to trade with Egypt and India. Manchester witnessed population boom due to extensive setup of cotton factories in by 1830. Sheffield became renowned for its metallurgy. 

As economists, we refer to the doctrine that holds that government should leave economic affairs primarily to the market as:

  1. Capitalism

  2. Laissez-faire

  3. Communism

  4. Dormez-vous


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Laissez-Faire is the French term for free trade. It is a system in which the government doesn't interfere much in the economy of the country and leaves its functioning to the market. Thus, Laissez-Faire is the right answer.

Consider the following statements and identify the correct response from the options given thereafter:
Statement I: In the ${19}^{th}$ century, London was a colossal city.
Statement II: London had many large factories.

  1. Statement I is false and Statement II is true

  2. Statement I is true and Statement II is false

  3. Both Statement I and Statement II are true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I

  4. Both Statement I and Statement II are true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Development of London started in 18th century due to rapid industrialization. By 1750, one out of every nine people of England and Wales lived in London.  It was a colossal city with a population of about 675,000.  Over the period of nineteenth century, London continued to expand.

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