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Questions Related to history

After 1833, the plantation owners had to hire workers from ___________. 

  1. Asia and America

  2. Asia and Europe

  3. Australia and Africa

  4. The Arab States


Correct Option: B

Wilberforce introduced his first anti-slavery Bill in the House of Commons in the year _______. 

  1. 1781

  2. 1771

  3. 1791

  4. 1801


Correct Option: C

The economies of the West Indies Islands depended on _________.

  1. Slave trade

  2. Cotton trade

  3. Sugar trade

  4. Tea trade


Correct Option: C

Wilberforce used his connections with the politician ___________ to help end slave trade.

  1. Charles Fox

  2. Thomas Clarkson

  3. Granville Sharp

  4. Winston Churchill


Correct Option: A

What was the effect of abolition of slavery on the lives of the slaves?

  1. The freed slaves could not cope with the market economy

  2. The freed slaves suffered from illiteracy

  3. The freed slaves saw a decline in their life expectancy

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following ingredients was added to the diets of the common people in Britain due to slave trade?

  1. Salt

  2. Spices

  3. Tea

  4. Sugar


Correct Option: D

Britain's Industrial Revolution was financed by the slave trade in _____________. 

  1. Africa

  2. Arab States

  3. West Indies

  4. Asia


Correct Option: C

(i) Many slaves worked on rice and wheat plantations in the West Indies.
(ii) Cotton was the most important raw material for the Industrial Revolution in Britain.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?

  1. Only (i)

  2. Only (ii)

  3. Both (i) and (ii)

  4. Neither (i) nor (ii)


Correct Option: B

How much would a Slave Trader make per slave on his voyage from Britain to America (via Africa)?

  1. 5000 pound

  2. 6000 pound

  3. 7000 pound

  4. 8000 pound


Correct Option: D

The Slave Trade was also known as:

  1. the Square Trade

  2. the Circular Trade

  3. the Triangular Trade

  4. the Diamond Trade


Correct Option: C