Industrialisation
Industrialisation: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as The Period of Proto-industrialisation, Beginning of Industrial Era, Manchester Goods in Indian Markets, Establishment of Initial Factories in India, Industrialisation in India During Late 19th Century, etc.
Important Questions on Industrialisation
In India, advertisements became a vehicle of the message of which movement?

Among these which became a popular mode of advertising during the late nineteenth century?

In the nineteenth century, from where did the workers come in the industrial region of India?

Name the first Indian who established jute mill in Bengal?

In the late nineteenth century, from which country did Indian businessmen gain maximum profit?

Why did European merchants turn to the countryside in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in England?

The Assam Company, consisting of European tea planters, remained the virtual proprietor of the tea industry till 1850. In the 1850s who among the following established two small proprietary tea gardens of his own, which were confiscated by the state after his execution for treason in 1858?

During the British rule the foreign trade of India remained:

Industrial Revolution could not have come about without:

At which place did George Acland first establish a jute mill in India in 1855?

The following questions consist of two statements. Statement-I and Statement-II. You are to examine these two statements carefully and select the answers using the codes given below.
Statement-I: The economy of India in the 19th century came to a state of ruin under the English East India Company.
Statement-II: The English East India Company's acquisition of Diwani right led to the miseries of the peasants and those associated with the traditional handicrafts industry of India.

Which one of the following industries did not emerge in India within 19th century?


The first successful textile mill was established in 1854 in the country. Where was it established?

Which one among the following statements about industries in the Colonial India is not correct?

The first industrial revolution began in _____.

The earliest Surat factories were established by the _____.

Shirts, trousers, skirts were brought to India in the eighteenth century by whom?

Due to which of the following factors, the Industrial Revolution took place in England in the eighteenth century?
- The discovery of coal and iron deposits.
- The discovery of steam power.
- The introduction of railways.
- The regular supply of raw materials.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

The first major boost to modern industry in India happened in the 1860s. It was a direct result of:
