Tag: the industrial revolution and social change (1750-1900 ce)

Questions Related to the industrial revolution and social change (1750-1900 ce)

After World war 1, who involved in negotiations over the future of Ireland?

  1. Winston Churchill

  2. Lloyd George

  3. Bonar Law

  4. Stanley Baldwin


Correct Option: B

Factor in increased food grain production in post-1780 Britain was ______.

  1. radical innovations in technology

  2. population expansion

  3. urbanisation

  4. simple innovations and new lands under cultivation


Correct Option: D

David Lloyd was a _________ politician.

  1. Communist Party

  2. Liberal Party

  3. Green Party

  4. Democratic Socialist Party


Correct Option: B

Due to enclosures __________.

  1. poor lost their customary rights

  2. demand for agricultural labourers decreased

  3. poor found gainful employment

  4. work and income became stable


Correct Option: A

What was the most important work in the countryside around 1750?

  1. Manufacturing

  2. Farming

  3. Construction works

  4. Trade


Correct Option: B

Mary Seacole's book made people more aware of the need ______________.

  1. to improve the conditions of farm labourers

  2. to improve the conditions of factory labourers

  3. to improve the treatment of injured soldiers

  4. to improve the conditions of black students


Correct Option: C

What food items were produced in Kent? 

  1. Kentish

  2. Kentish pippins

  3. Kentish watermelon

  4. Kentish oranges


Correct Option: B

Which of the following statement is true of socialists in the middle of 19th century in Europe?

  1. They were in favour of accumulation of wealth.

  2. They wanted to encourage capitalist enterpreneurship.

  3. They wanted to give employment only to the talented.

  4. They were against private property.


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 Socialism means collective  ownership of the means of production. It stands for a democratically controlled economy and abolition of private ownership of land and industry. It was against the exploitation of man by man and fought for equal rights of all.