the age of industrialisation questions and answer
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At the end of the nineteenth century, 80 per cent of the total workforce in Europe was employed in the technologically advanced industrial sector.
Answer: False
The international market for fine textiles was dominated by India till the eighteenth century.
Answer: True
The American Civil War resulted in the reduction of cotton exports from India.
Answer: False
The introduction of the fly shuttle enabled handloom workers to improve their productivity.
Answer: True
Explain the following:
Women workers in Britain attacked the Spinning Jenny.
Answer: Women workers in Britain saw the Spinning Jenny as a threat for their livelihood. This was the reason, they began to attack the Spinning Jenny.
In the seventeenth century merchants from towns in Europe began employing peasants and artisans within the villages.
Answer: There were powerful trade and craft guilds in urban areas. These associations controlled competition and prices and prevented entry of a new player in the market. Because of them, it was difficult for new merchants to set business in towns. Hence, the merchants from towns in Europe began employing peasants and artisan within the villages; during seventeenth century.
The port of Surat declined by the end of the eighteenth century.
Answer: The East India Company had consolidated its business by the mid-eighteenth century. This led to decline of the earlier centres of trade; like Surat.
The East India Company appointed gomasthas to supervise weavers in India.
Answer: The Company tried to eliminate the existing traders and brokers who were connected with the cloth trade. It tried to establish a more direct control on the weavers. A paid servant; called gomastha was appointed to supervise weavers, collect supplies, and examine the quality of cloth.