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The Age of Industrialisation
Social Science (Non-Board / Project) · CBSE Class 10 · English Medium · 20 questions and answers
Sample questions
- Q: What is proto-industrialisation?
- A: Proto-industrialisation refers to the phase of large-scale industrial production for an international market that took place even before the setting up of factories, based in the countryside.
- Q: Who were 'Staplers' and 'Fuller'?
- A: A stapler was a person who staples or sorts wool according to its fibre; a fuller is a person who fulls (gathers) cloth by pleating - terms from proto-industrial cloth production.
- Q: When and where did the earliest factories in England come up?
- A: The earliest factories in England came up by the 1730s, and their number multiplied in the late 18th century, especially in cotton (the first symbol of the new era).
- Q: Who created the cotton mill and the water frame?
- A: Richard Arkwright created the cotton mill, bringing costly new machines and processes under one roof and management; the water frame was his spinning machine.
- Q: What was the 'Spinning Jenny'?
- A: Devised by James Hargreaves in 1764, the Spinning Jenny sped up the spinning process and reduced labour demand; a single worker could turn several spindles at once.
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