D. Answer the following questions in brief. 1. When was the industrial Revolution started? 2. List any two factors that led to the Industrial Revolution? 3. Write the major events of the Modern Period 4. Who founded the state of Hyderabad 5. Who was the founder of the state of Bengal? 6. any two effects of Industrial Revolution on society. Answer the following questions in brief
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1)Industrialization is a process in which the economy is transformed from agricultural goods to the manufacturing of goods and labor replaced by mechanized mass production. And the period of Industrialization is called Industrial Revolution which started in the 19th century.
2) four factors that helped bring about the Industrial Revolution were resources, new technology, economic conditions, political and Social Conditions. With large supplies of resources such as coal Britain was able to power more steam engines to make more supplies. New technology helped give more jobs.
4)Hyderabad State was founded by Mir Qamar-ud-din Khan who was the governor of Deccan under the Mughals from 1713 to 1721. In 1724, he resumed rule from the Mughal provincial capital of Aurangabad, under the title of Asaf Jah (granted by Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah).
5)Bengal, or Bangla, derives its name from the ancient kingdom of Vanga, or Banga. The name Banga appears in early Sanskrit literature, but its early history is almost unknown until the 3rd century BC. Murshid Quli Khan was the founder of Bengal, an independent state.
6)Below are the good and bad effects of the industrial revolution:
- The discovery of steam power and its practice from the year 1815 created a threat to the Indian textile industry.
- The inventions of the spinning mule and power loom became more efficient and effective because of steam power. Consequently, it had reduced the cost of British cotton by 85% and made it internationally competitive. By the year 1820, Britain had become the leading world
- Indian farmers were forced to produce cotton plantations so that they can fuel English factories as India was then under British rule.
- Industrial Revolution brought severe consequences to society. Farmers were forced to grow cash crops in place of food crops, which resulted in awfully deadly famines in India.
- For increasing production, the Factory owners used to hire unskilled labor, profited greatly by using children and women to run the machines. At the tender age of 6 years, many children were already working 14 hours a day in factories.
- Due to Industrial Revolution, urban cities started getting overcrowded day by day.
- There were some positive effects of the Industrial Revolution also. The introduction of assembly lines and factories, electricity development, and railroads all these things contributed to the faster and more efficient production of goods and materials.
- Funding of schools and the enactment of child labor laws also came into place. As a result, the Industrial Revolution enhanced both economic production and the new lifestyle of common people.
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