Hand Labour and Steam Power

Match List I with List-II and select the correct answer by choosing from the given options:

Which of the following factors played a part in creating the image of frail, submissive Victorian women?

Direction: Choose the correct sequence which shows the progress of industrialisation in England.
$I.$ John Kay invented the flying shuttle.
$II.$ Richard Arkwright's cotton mill.
$III.$ Stephenson designed his first locomotive.
$IV.$ James Watt's steam engine.

How did workers get their job in the factories of Britain?

What happened when Spinning Jenny was introduced in the woollen industry?

In Victorian Britain, why labours were appointed on a seasonal basis?

In Victorian Britain, which classes preferred handmade products?

In this book Charles Dickens wrote about the construction of railways and the massive destruction they cause?

Match the items of column A with the corresponding items of column B and select the correct choice:

       Column A                                                          Column B

$1.$    Proto-industrial system                               $i.$Production process brought together under one roof and management.

$2.$    Factory                                                        $ii.$ By turning one single wheel a worker could spin several threads at the same time.

$3.$    Spinning Jenny                                      $iii.$  After the sy season was over, the poor were on the starts again.

$4.$    Seasonality of work                                 $iv.$  Controlled by merchants and the goods produced by a vast number of producers working within their                                                                                         family farms, not in factories.

In Victorian Britain, the upper-class society preferred goods that were handmade. 

The number of workers employed in the transport industry doubled in the $1840$'s and doubled again in the subsequent $30$ years.

During the prolonged Napoleonic War, the real value of _____ (wages / service) of the workers earned fell significantly.

_____ ( Spinning Jenny /Steam Engine ) devised by James Hargreaves.

The income of workers depended not on the _____ alone but the number of days of work determined the average daily income of the workers.( wage rate / service)

In the eighteenth century, the transport industry had become the leading industry which had provided high number of employment opportunities.

Which period of history appears like a wonderful time of technological progress?

Orient – The countries to the east of the Mediterranean, usually referring to Asia. The term arises out of a western viewpoint that sees this region as premodern, traditional and mysterious.