Peculiarities of Industrial Growth in India

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Peculiarities of Industrial Growth in India: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Changes in Industrialisation During Swadeshi Movement, Life of Weavers and Craftspersons in Early 20th Century, Handicrafts Production With Fly Shuttle & Industrialisation in India During Late 19th Century etc.

Important Questions on Peculiarities of Industrial Growth in India

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Indian Industrial development slowed down due to the First World War.

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Which of the following was invented first? 

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They were Parsis in Bombay who built huge industrial Empire in India. They accumulated their Empire wealth partly from exports to China, and partly from raw cotton shipments to England. Who were they?

1. Dinshaw Petite 

2. Jamsetjee Nusserwanjee Tata

3.Seth Hukumchand

4. Homi Bhabha

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Identify the Indian entrepreneur using the clues:

In Bengal, he made his fortunate in the china trade before he turned to industrial investment.

He set up six joint-stock companies in the 1830s and 1840s but his enterprises sank due to the business crises of the 1840s.

 

 

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Among these which regions got benefited by the introduction of Fly Shuttle?

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Which device increased the production of the handloom industry?

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Mention two regions where large industries were located in India?

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What was the effects of the First world war on the Indian Industrial industry?

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Why did export of Indian yarn to China declined?

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Among these which incident gave momentum to the Indian textile industry?

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The yarn was mainly exported to which country from India?

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After the industrial revolution, older cities like London felt the need to provide housing to the poor because:

 

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Which Indian was the first to get Smoke Nuisance Legislation?

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Match the industries in column A with their corresponding peak season in column B and select the correct choice:

         Column A                                                               Column B

1.      Gas works and breweries                                   i. Before December to meet Christmas demand.

2.      Bookbinders and printers                                   ii. Cold months

                                                                                     iii. Rainy season

                                                                                    iv. Summer. 

    

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During the British rule the foreign trade of India remained:

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

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By the 1920's weavers started using looms that were equipped with _____. (Fly shuttle/ Water Frame)

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When Indian businessmen began setting up industries in the late nineteenth-century, they adopted the practice of competing with Manchester goods in the Indian market.