Industrial Revolution MCQ – Agriculture and handicraft-based economies were transformed into ones centered on large-scale industry, automated manufacturing, and the factory system by the Industrial Revolution. Existing industries become more productive and efficient with the introduction of new machinery, power sources, and organizational techniques.

Industrial Revolution MCQ – (MCQPrime)
- What is the important of Industrial Revolution?
a. Because political changes
b. Because social reforms
c. Economic processes of production aided by technological innovations
d. Because cultural advancements
- In which year the Industrial Revolution take place in Britain?
a. 1660-1740
b. 1760-1840
c. 1880-1960
d. 1600-1720
- Why do we use the term “revolution”.
a. The change was slow but consistent.
b. The pace of change was faster than previous periods.
c. It only affected a small part of society.
d. It had no links to past societal changes.
- Which political unification factor contributed to Britain in the 17th century?
a. Agrarian Reforms
b. Enclosure Laws
c. Ruled by the same monarch
d. Improvement in transport
- What impact did enclosing laws have on agriculture in Britain?
a. Increased availability of meat
b. Expansion of domestic market
c. Formation of bigger farms
d. All of the above
- What term did French scholars initially refer to the Industrial Revolution?
a. Economic Evolution
b. Technological Renaissance
c. Industrial Renaissance
d. Industrial Revolution
- Which scholars used the term “Industrial Revolution” to describe the economic change.
a. French scholars
b. British scholars
c. German scholars
d. Italian scholars
- What are the important role played in expansion of domestic market during the Industrial Revolution in England.
a. Agrarian Reforms
b. Development of concrete roads and canals
c. Enclosure Laws
d. Bank of England
- What is the British foreign policy during the Industrial Revolution?
a. It focused on military dominance.
b. Economic interests were subordinate to foreign policy.
c. Britain aimed at cultural expansion.
d. It did not have any impact on industrial development.
- What are the main contributions to the Industrial Revolution in the terms of technological advancement.
a. Agricultural innovations
b. Exploration of new territories
c. Technological advancements in textile industries
d. Religious reforms
- Who invented “Spinning Jenny” in the textile industry.
a. James Watt
b. James Hargreaves
c. Richard Arkwright
d. Samuel Crompton
- Which major technological innovation role played in the iron industry during the Industrial Revolution.
a. Steam engine
b. Blast Furnace
c. Spinning Jenny
d. Power loom
- Which of the following invention techniques used for improving the production during the Industrial Revolution.
a. Introduction of electricity
b. Discovery of steam power
c. Invention of the printing press
d. Advancements in hand tools
- Which of the following people made the steam engine more efficient so that it could turn wheels and power machinery?
a. Thomas Edison
b. James Watt
c. George Stephenson
d. Richard Arkwright
- Which of the practices increased soil fertility and ensured food security during the Agricultural Revolution.
a. Crop rotation
b. Monoculture
c. Overgrazing
d. Deforestation
- What is the important factor to solving the problem of dearth of private capital during German industrialization?
a. Government subsidies
b. Joint Stock Banks
c. Guilds
d. Paternalistic laws
- Which financial institution in England played a significant role in the Industrial Revolution.
a. Chamber of Commerce
b. Regional Banks
c. Bank of England
d. Development of Banking System
- How Britain’s external trade impacted on the Industrial Revolution.
a. Drained 5% of national income from America, West Indies, and India.
b. Did not play a significant role in the industrialization process.
c. India was a major recipient of British goods.
d. The majority of national income was spent on foreign luxury items.
- Which of the following inventions is the key factor of the iron industry in Clyde during the Industrial Revolution?
a. Invention of the printing press
b. Discovery of steam power
c. Nelson’s hot blast invention
d. Advancements in hand tools
- What process was used to increase the production of iron during the Industrial Revolution?
a. Cocking process
b. Steam process
c. Electrical process
d. Hydraulic process
- What was the flying shuttles main contribution to the cotton industry?
a. Increased the production of raw cotton
b. Doubled the work a weaver could do in a day
c. Improved cotton quality
d. Reduced the need for manual labor
- What is the benefit of Spinner could do with the spinning Jenny.
a. Work on multiple looms simultaneously
b. Work eight threads at a time
c. Increase the quality of spun yarn
d. Produce intricate patterns in textiles
- Which of the following machinery were used to reduce the labor requirement in the agriculture sector during the Agricultural Revolution.
a. Steam engine
b. Mechanical seed drills
c. Spinning jenny
d. Flying shuttle
- Who established the country’s first textile plant using a water powered spinning machine?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Samuel Slater
c. Eli Whitney
d. Alexander Graham Bell
- Which of the following played an important role in manufacturing books in the United States after 1860.
a. Embargo Act of 1807
b. British technology
c. Abundance of gold
d. Use of steam power
- What was the impact of Britain’s external trade on the Industrial Revolution?
a. Concentration of workers in the urban area
b. Increased wealthy class to share power
c. Formation of powerful craft guild
d. None of the above
- Which of the following is NOT connected to India’s White Revolution?
a. Norman Borlaug
b. Dr. Verghese Kurien
c. Both a. and b.
d. None of the above
- The important trade route of Suez Canal in the 19th century was made between sea and the _________.
a. Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
b. Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean
c. Baltic Sea, North Sea
d. None of the above
- The first printing press was established by ___________.
a. Erasmus
b. Gutenberg
c. Lgnatius Loyala
d. None of the above
- Why did the Japanese government take the initiative in industrialization during the early phase?
a. Lack of private capitalist interest
b. Pressure from Western nations
c. Abundance of natural resources
d. Religious reasons
- What term is used to describe the Western countries’ perception of Japanese expansionist policy?
a. Red Threat
b. Blue Peril
c. Yellow Danger
d. Green Menace
- Which of the following events was marked as a competition between Japan and the USA.
a. Battle of Midway
b. D-Day
c. Pearl Harbor (1941)
d. Normandy Invasion
- What was the impact of the Embargo Act of 1807 on American society?
a. Increase in agricultural production
b. Rise of British influence
c. Shift towards national production
d. Expansion of foreign trade