WBBSE Class 9 History Chapter 4 Industrial Revolution, Colonialism And Imperialism Topic A Industrial Revolution Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Question 1. The invention first appeared in the-
1. Cotton industry
2. Tea industry
3. Jute industry
4. Silk industry
Answer: 1. Cotton industry
Question 2. Humphry Davy invented the-
1. Spinning Jenny
2. Water Frame
3. Safety Lamp
4. Flying Shuttle
Answer: 3. Safety Lamp
Question 3. Socialism is a political, economic and philosophical doctrine opposed to-
1. Capitalism
2. Nationalism
3. Communism
4. Communalism
Answer: 1. Capitalism
Question 4. Industrial Revolution led to the growth of-
1. Communalism
2. Imperialism
3. Communism
4. Terrorism
Answer: 2. Imperialism
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Question 5. Flying Shuttle was discovered by-
1. Crompton
2. Hargreaves
3. John Kay
4. James Watt
Answer: 3. John Kay
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Question 6. In which country did the ‘Luddite Riot’ break out?
1. Russia
2. Greece
3. England
4. France
Answer: 3. England
Question 7. ‘March of the Blanketeers’ started from-
1. Manchester
2. Paris
3. Peking
4. Berlin
Answer: 1. Manchester
Question 8. The International Working Association was established by-
1. Louis Blanc
2. Proudhon
3. Fourier
4. Karl Marx
Answer: 4. Karl Marx
Question 9. He word ‘Socialism’ was first introduced by-
1. Charles Fourier
2. Saint Simon
3. Robert Owen
4. Arnold Toynbee
Answer: 3. Robert Owen
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Question 10. The book ‘New View of Society’ was written by-
1. Thomas Hobson
2. Robert Owen
3. Charles Fourier
4. Louis Blanc
Answer: 2. Robert Owen
Question 11. The book ‘Das Capital’ was published in-
1. 1857
2. 1867
3. 1877
4. 1897
Answer: 2. 1867
Question 12. The book ‘Organisation of Labour’ was composed by-
1. Arnold Toynbee
2. Louis Blanc
3. Hobson
4. Karl Marx
Answer: 2. Louis Blanc
Question 13. Industrial Revolution first started in-
1. England
2. France
3. Germany
4. Russia
Answer: 1. England
Question 14. Spinning mule was invented by-
1. John Kay
2. Cartwright
3. Stephenson
4. Crompton
Answer: 4. Crompton
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Question 15. According to Arnold Toynbee Industrial Revolution started in-
1. 1758
2. 1660
3. 1760
4. 1768
Answer: 3. 1760
Question 16. Industrial Revolution first started in-
1. Coal industry
2. Iron industry
3. Jute industry
4. Textile industry
Answer: 4. Textile industry
Question 17. Spinning Jenny was invented by-
1. John Kay
2. Stephenson
3. Richard Arkwright
4. James Hergreaves
Answer: 4. James Hergreaves
Question 18. The Industrial Revolution led to the emergence of a new class-
1. Aristocratic class
2. Middle class
3. Lower class
4. Warrior class
Answer: 2. Middle class
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Question 19. Industrial Revolution led to the emergence of two new classes-
1. Teacher and student
2. Ruler and subject
3. Lord and slave
4. Downer and worker
Answer: 4. Downer and worker
Question 20. The Chartist movement was a-
1. Students’ movement
2. Peasants’ movement
3. Workers’ movement
4. Women’s movement
Answer: 3. Workers’ movement
Question 21. The Chartist movement took place in-
1. England
2. Germany
3. France
4. Russia
Answer: 1. England
Question 22. The author of the book ‘A New View of Society’ was-
1. Joseph Proudhon
2. Vladimir Lenin
3. Mikhail Bakunin
4. Robert Owen
Answer: 4. Robert Owen
Question 23. The Utopian socialist whose ideas became
1. Mikhail Bakunin
2. Charles Fourier
3. Saint Simon
4. Vladimir Lenin
Answer: 2. Charles Fourier
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Question 24. The author of the book ‘Utopia’ was-
1. Robert Owen
2. Charles Fourier
3. Karl Marx
4. Thomas More
Answer: 4. Thomas More
Question 25. Louis Auguste Blanqui was-
1. Utopian Socialist
2. Capitalist
3. Scientific Socialist
4. Imperialist
Answer: 1. Utopian Socialist
Question 26. The father of scientific socialism was-
1. Saint Simon
2. Karl Marx.
3. Montesquieu
4. Robert Owen
Answer: 2. Karl Marx.
Question 27. Who said-“The state is a machinery for exploitation”?
1. Montesquieu
2. Rousseau
3. Karl Marx
4. Frederick Engels
Answer: 2. Rousseau
Question 28. Who said, “Imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism”?
1. Karl Marx
2. Proudhon
3. Lenin
4. Robert Owen
Answer: 3. Lenin
Question 29. The famous book of Karl Marx is-
1. Das Capital
2. The Prince
3. Divine Comedy
4. Macbeth
Answer: 1. Das Capital
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Question 30. The Father of modern socialism-
1. Frederich Engels
2. Karl Marx
3. Rousseau
4. Robert Owen
Answer: 2. Karl Marx
Question 31. The ‘Father of anarchism’ is-
1. Louis Blanc
2. Lenin
3. Karl Marx
4. Proudhon
Answer: 4. Proudhon
Class 9 History Chapter 4 WBBSE Industrial Revolution, Colonialism And Imperialism Topic B Colonialism and Imperialism Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Question 1. The members of the Triple Alliance were-
1. England, France, Britain
2. England, France, Russia
3. Germany, Austria, Italy
4. Germany, Austria, France
Answer: 3. Germany, Austria, Italy
Question 2. The members of the Triple Entente were-
1. England, France, Germany
2. England, France, Spain
3. England, France, Russia
4. England, France, Italy
Answer: 3. England, France, Russia
Question 3. Archduke Francis Ferdinand was the heir to the-
1. Serbian throne
2. Spanish throne
3. Austrian throne
4. German throne.
Answer: 3. Austrian throne
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Question 4. Gavrilo Princip was a member of the-
1. Triple Alliance
2. ‘Black Hand’ terrorist organisation
3. International Workingmen’s Association
4. Communist Party
Answer: 2. ‘Black Hand’ terrorist organisation
Question 5. David Livingstone, the famous European explorer had been to-
1. Africa
2. America
3. Asia
4. Antarctica
Answer: 1. Africa
Question 6. Ethiopia is a country in-
1. Asia
2. Europe
3. America
4. Africà
Answer: 4. Africà
Question 7. The Fourth Anglo-Mysore war was fought in-
1. 1899
2. 1699
3. 1799
4. 1599
Answer: 3. 1799
Question 8. Which country started the digging of the Suez Canal through Egypt?
1. Turkey
2. Russia
3. England
4. France
Answer: 4. France
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Question 9. The Open Door Policy was issued by-
1. Sir John Hay
2. Kingsford
3. Clement Attlee
4. Mac Arthur
Answer: 1. Sir John Hay
Question 10. Who was the author of ‘Imperialism, the highest stage of Capitalism’?
1. Louis Blanc
2. Karl Marx
3. VI Lenin
4. Engels
Answer: 3. VI Lenin
Question 11. The Three Emperors League’ was a compromise made in-
1. 1873
2. 1815
3. 1833
4. 1820
Answer: 1. 1873
Question 12. The First Opium War was fought between England and-
1. China
2. Russia
3. France
4. Italy
Answer: 1. China
Question 13. In which year was the ‘Open Door Policy’ issued?
1. 1869
2. 1867
3. 1899
4. 1889
Answer: 3. 1899
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Question 14. Bismarck was the Chancellor of-
1. France
2. Britain
3. Germany
4. Italy
Answer: 4. Italy
Question 15. The country which established dominance over the Shangtung region was-
1. Germany
2. Russia
3. France
4. England
Answer: 1. Germany
Question 16. The Suez Canal was nationalised in-
1. 1856
2. 1956
3. 1866
4. 1966
Answer: 1. 1856
Question 17. The Suez Canal was constructed by-
1. England
2. Germany
3. France
4. Italy
Answer: 3. France
Question 18. The plan for the construction of Aswan Dam was adopted by-
1. Prime Minister of England
2. President of France
3. President of Egypt
4. President of America
Answer: 3. President of Egypt
Question 19. The Suez Canal was nationalised in 1956 on-
1. 25 July
2. 24 July
3. 26 July
4. 28 July.
Answer: 3. 26 July
Question 20. The Suez Canal was nationalised by-
1. President of America
2. President of France
3. President of Egypt
4. Prime Minister of England
Answer: 3. President of Egypt
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Question 21. The region in South Africa where the English first established their colony-
1. Mauritania
2. Brazil
3. Cape of Good Hope
4. Capetown
Answer: 3. Cape of Good Hope
Question 22. The Suez Canal flows through-
1. Turkey
2. Egypt
3. France
4. Arab
Answer: 2. Egypt
Question 23. The trade monopoly of the East India Company ended in-
1. 1793
2. 1833
3. 1813
4. 1853
Answer: 3. 1813
Question 24. The colony was first established in Malay by the-
1. British
2. French
3. Dutch
4. Portuguese
Answer: 4. Portuguese
Question 25. When was the Union of South Africa formed?
1. 1908
2. 1912
3. 1910
4. 1915
Answer: 3. 1910
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Question 26. The First Opium War was fought by China against-
1. Russia
2. England
3. France
4. Germany
Answer: 2. England
Question 27. The Second Opium War was fought by China against-
1. Russia and Japan
2. France and Russia
3. France and Germany
4. England and France
Answer: 4. England and France
Question 28. The Treaty of Nanking was signed between China and England in-
1. 1840
2. 1843
3. 1841
4. 1842
Answer: 4. 1842
Question 29. Algeria in north Africa was a colony of-
1. English
2. French
3. Portuguese
4. Dutch
Answer: 2. French
Question 30. The Triple Entente was formed in-
1. 1907
2. 1905
3. 1890
4. 1914
Answer: 1. 1907
Question 31. Triple Alliance was formed in-
1. 1882
2. 1830
3. 1890
4. 1859
Answer: 1. 1882
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Question 32. The direct cause of the First World War was-
1. Sarajevo murder
2. Militant nationalism
3. Morocco crisis
4. Balkan crisis
Answer: 1. Sarajevo murder
Question 33. The First World War started in-
1. 1915
2. 1916
3. 1914
4. 1917
Answer: 3. 1914
Question 34. Sarajevo was the capital of-
1. Serbia
2. Bosnia
3. Hungary
4. Austria
Answer: 1. Serbia
Question 35. Karl Marx’s book ‘Poverty of Philosophy was published in-
1. 1845
2. 1847
3. 1848
4. 1871
Answer: 2. 1847
Question 36. The Treaty of Tientsin was signed in-
1. 1857
2. 1858
3. 1859
4. 1860
Answer: 2. 1858
Question 37. The countries which signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki
1. China, England, France
2. China, Japan
3. China, France
4. China, England.
Answer: 2. China, Japan
Question 38. The Reinsurance Treaty was signed between Germany-
1. Austria
2. England
3. Italy
4. Russia
Answer: 4. Russia
Question 39. The Three Emperors league was formed between-
1. England, France and Russia
2. Russia, Germany and Austria
3. Germany, Austria and Italy
4. Germany, Japan and Italy
Answer: 2. Russia, Germany and Austria
Question 40. The alliance of three emperors of Germany, Austria and Russia is known as-
1. Weltpolitik
2. Dreikaiserbund
3. Lebensraum
4. Schadenfreude
Answer: 2. Dreikaiserbund