SOCIAL SCIENCE CLASS 10 HISTORY

 

VERY  SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS

1.Who invented the cotton mill?

ans-Richard Arkwright

2. When set up the first jute mill in Calcutta?

Ans- Seth Hukumchand.

3. Which was the first industry established in England?

Ans- Cotton industry.

4. Which country faced labour shortage in the19th century?

Ans- America

5. When and where did the Great Depression start?

Ans- In 1929,in France.

6. Who was the English industrialist to manufacture the new model of steam engine?

Ans- Mathew Boulton.

7. What was flying shuttle?

Ans- Flying shuttle was a mechanical device for weaving.

8. Where was the Elgin Mill set up?

Ans- At Kanpur.

9. Name the industrialist who made a fortune in the China trade in the 1830s.

Ans- Dwarkanath Tagore.

10. Which weapon was not used during the first World war?

ans- Atomic weapon.