125876 + Interview Questions in General QA

1.	During the time of industrial revolution the people hours worked in England factories. A) 10 -12 hours B) 9 -12 hours C) 15 -18 hours D) 10 -12 hours
Answer» (C) 15 -18 hours

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2.	When new machines are brought in a factory, some workers are usually rendered jobless. Why do you think this happens ? Can there be ways of improving technology without creating unemployment for workers?
Answer» A machine can perform the work of 100 workers in lesser time. Hence when new machines are brought in a factory, some workers usually rendered jobless. When new technology is introduced new jobs are created. Therefore, workers should be given proper training in “technical know how” to get new job opportunities.

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3.	‘The workers who produced in the factories, had no property but they are crucial in production’ – Who among the following said this? A) Bobeff B) Thomas Moor C) Engels, Marx D) Saint Simon
Answer» C) Engels, Marx

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4.	Russian Revolution took place in A) 1950 B) 1935 C) 1920D) 1917
Answer» Russian Revolution took place in 1917

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5.	Civil Rights movement was held in A) USA B) France C) Russia D) China
Answer» Civil Rights movement was held in USA

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6.	Production is a family. Said by A) Friedrich Engels B) Karl Marx C) Luther D) Saint Simon
Answer» (B) Karl Marx

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7.	What was spinning Jenny?
Answer» It was invented by James Hargreaves; the spinning jenny was a machine that speeded up the process of spinning. Thus, reducing the demand for labour. What was done by 10 workers could be done by one on a single spinning jenny and many spindles could be spun on it with loads of bundles of cotton.

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8.	What was the main difference between Marx and the earlier socialists?
Answer» Marx asserts that revolution, which is a political action, is the only way to achieve socialism. But according to early socialist, reforms and peaceful means are the best way to achieve socialism. That was the main difference.

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What was the main difference between Marx and the earlier socialists?

Answer»

Marx asserts that revolution, which is a political action, is the only way to achieve socialism.

But according to early socialist, reforms and peaceful means are the best way to achieve socialism.

That was the main difference.

Discussion

9.	What is Luddism?
Answer» Luddism is a social protest movement led by “General Ned Ludd”. Luddism was not merely a backward looking assault on machines. Its participants demanded a minimum wage, control over the labour of women and children, work for those who had lost their jobs because of the coming of machinery etc.

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What is Luddism?

Answer»

Luddism is a social protest movement led by “General Ned Ludd”.

Luddism was not merely a backward looking assault on machines.

Its participants demanded a minimum wage, control over the labour of women and children, work for those who had lost their jobs because of the coming of machinery etc.

Discussion

10.	Which of the given demands is not related to Luddism? A) Right to form trade unions B) Right to break the machines C) Demanded a minimum wage D) Control over the labour of women and children
Answer» D) Control over the labour of women and children

Discussion

11.	Why did Marx consider factory production as superior and desirable?
Answer» Marx believed that industrial production is progressive because it has made possible the industrial transformation of the world. Marx believed that industrial production made it possible for people to live and earn their livelihood. Factory production enabled us to work on small scale too.

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12.	Identify the item which is in the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen: i) Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. ii) Liberty consists of the power to do whatever is not injurious to others. A) Both are exist. B) (i) only exists C) (ii) only exists D) None of these
Answer» A) Both are exist.

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13.	In which year French Revolution was held? A) 1795 B) 1793C) 1789 D) 1791
Answer» Answer is C) 1789

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14.	The aim of Luddism was A) Merely a backward – looking assaulton machines B) Minimum wage, work for those who had lost their jobs. C) Control over the labour of women and children and the right to form trade unions. D) All the above.
Answer» A) Merely a backward – looking assaulton machines

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15.	Who discovered the sea route to central America in 1492 A.D.? A) Edmund B) Erasmus C) Columbus D) Magillan
Answer» (C) Columbus

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16.	Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498 AD? A) Columbus B) Vasco da Gama C) Magillan D) Erasmus
Answer» B) Vasco da Gama

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17.	French women protested against this. A) Separate declaration of Right of women B) Polygamy C) Child labour D) Infancy
Answer» A) Separate declaration of Right of women

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18.	Who discovered the sea route to India?
Answer» Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to India.

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19.	Which European nation in 16th Century a ‘Sea born empire’ over the Indian Ocean? A) SpainB) Holland C) Britain D) Portugal
Answer» (D) Portugal

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20.	Who sent the expeditions to find out sea routes?
Answer» All European power, especially Spain, Portugal Denmark, England, and France sent expeditions to find out sea routes.

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21.	The canal builder James Brindley was almost A) A business man B) Illiterate C) Teacher D) Sailor
Answer» The canal builder James Brindley was almost Illiterate

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22.	Write about early workers movements in England.
Answer» In England, political protest against the cruel working conditions infactories were increasing. Workers flooded towns and factories, they expressed their anger and frustration in numerous forms of protest. There were bread or food riots throughout the country from the 1790s onwards. The working population demanded for right to vote. The weavers demanded a legal minimum wage, which was refused by the Parliament. In Yorkshire, shearing-frames were destroyed by croppers. In the riots of 1830, the threshing machines were smashed.

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23.	Identify the wrong pairA) Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright – First Aeroplane B) Henry Ford – Ford Car C) Rudolf Diesel – Diesel EngineD) Eliwhitey – Telegraph
Answer» D) Eliwhitey – Telegraph

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24.	Qualitative textiles were manufactured by A) Mule B) Greaves C) Spinning Jenny D) None of these
Answer» C) Spinning Jenny

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25.	If first wave of feminism was focused on Right to vote, the second wave of feminism was focused on A) Education and health B) Industrialisation C) Investment D) For exploration of markets
Answer» A) Education and health

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26.	Capitalism means A) Private ownership B) Public ownership C) Joint stock companies D) Workers control
Answer» A) Private ownership

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27.	Every one who contributes to the ……. of a good is entitled to a share in it. A) Industries B) Resources C) Distribution D) Production
Answer» (D) Production

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28.	Define luddism.
Answer» Luddism: Luddism was a worker’s movement led by Ned Ludd.

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29.	In the opinion of Karl Marx and Friedric Engels, Capitalism is: A. A progressive force in history. B. An exploitative system that alienates both capitalists and workers from their humanity. A) Both A and B B) Neither A nor B C) A only D) B only
Answer» A) Both A and B

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30.	Who wanted to discover sea routes?
Answer» The Europeans wanted to discover sea routes to India, China, etc.

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31.	“Declaration of Rights of Men” was prepared by French Revolutionaries in A) 1791 B) 1780 C) 1750 D) 1789
Answer» “Declaration of Rights of Men” was prepared by French Revolutionaries in 1791

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32.	Why the idea of socialism was appreciable? Write your views.
Answer» Socialists generally aim to achieve greater equality in decision making and economic affairs, grant workers have greater control of the means of production and their work place, and to eliminate exploitation by directing the surplus value to employees.

Discussion

33.	The puddling furnace and rolling mill was invented by A) Cart Wright B) Setephenson C) DerbyD) Henry Cort
Answer» D) Henry Cort

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34.	Identify the odd one from the given below.1. James WattSteam Engine2. 1825First Railway line3. Rail EngineStephenson4. Air pollutionTyphoidA) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
Answer» Answer is (D) 4

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35.	Which of the following is invented by Cart Wright? A) Printing press B) TelegraphC) Water powered Loom D) First aeroplane
Answer» C) Water powered Loom

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36.	Spinning Jenny was invented by A) John Kay B) Rudolf Diesel C) James HargreavesD) Henry Ford
Answer» C) James Hargreaves

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37.	The following was invented by Richard Arkwright A) Spinning Frame B) Rice mill C) Mule D) None of these
Answer» A) Spinning Frame

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38.	At first who invented the field guns and Railway Wagons? A) Victor B) Georgia C) OrwellD) Krupp’s family
Answer» D) Krupp’s family

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39.	Since which year onwards the weavers began to demand a legal minimum wage. A) 1700 B) 1650 C) 1790 D) 1750
Answer» Answer is (C) 1790

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40.	Define revolutionaries.
Answer» Revolutionaries: Revolutionaries are bodies of people which attempt to bring the desired change in the existing system of society.

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41.	Define the term capitalism.
Answer» Capitalism: Capitalism is an economic system in which production and means of production are under the control of private people.

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42.	What is feminism?
Answer» Feminism: Feminism is the belief and aims that women should have the same rights – power and opportunities as men.

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43.	Write any two principles of Socialism?
Answer» Principles of Socialism : 1. True socialists advocate a completely class less society, where the government controls all means of production and distribution of goods. 2. It believes the absence of private property. 3. Therefore, everyone receives equal earnings, medical care and other necessities.

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Write any two principles of Socialism?

Answer»

Principles of Socialism :

1. True socialists advocate a completely class less society, where the government controls all means of production and distribution of goods.

2. It believes the absence of private property.

3. Therefore, everyone receives equal earnings, medical care and other necessities.

Discussion

44.	The first Indian cloth mill was setup in 1850 in: A) Mumbai B) Ahmedabad C) Gandhi Nagar D) Surat Arrange the incidents given below in the chronological order
Answer» The first Indian cloth mill was setup in 1850 in Mumbai

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45.	Britain has made substantial changes in the industrial production. It resulted Britain to become as a workshop of the World. What factor did not contribute to this? A) The coal fields were closer to the harbours. B) Being an European country. C) Blessed with modest climate, to cotton industry. D) Coal and iron were available in abundance.
Answer» B) Being an European country.

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46.	Which country is called work shop of the world?A) France B) England C) America D) Russia
Answer» Answer is (B) England

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47.	Match the following.1. Steam enginea. Columbus2. Americab. James Watt3. Pukka roadsc. Me AdamA) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – c B) 1 – a, 2 – c, 3 – b C) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c D) 1 – c, 2 – b, 3 – a
Answer» A) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – c

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48.	Steam engine was invented byA) James Watt B) Edward C) Eli Whitney D) Cartil
Answer» A) James Watt

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49.	Water pollution causes the following diseases A) Fever B) Cholera, typhoid C) Cancer D) None of these
Answer» B) Cholera, typhoid

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50.	Who were Luddists? Mention any one demand of the Luddists.
Answer» Workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woollen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs. Demand of Luddists : 1. They demanded Minimum wage. 2. Control over the labour of women and children. 3. Work for those who had lost their jobs because of introduction of machinery.

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Who were Luddists? Mention any one demand of the Luddists.

Answer»

Workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woollen mills, that they believed was threatening their jobs.

Demand of Luddists :

1. They demanded Minimum wage.

2. Control over the labour of women and children.

3. Work for those who had lost their jobs because of introduction of machinery.

Discussion

Explore topic-wise InterviewSolutions in Current Affairs.

During the time of industrial revolution the people hours worked in England factories. A) 10 -12 hours B) 9 -12 hours C) 15 -18 hours D) 10 -12 hours

When new machines are brought in a factory, some workers are usually rendered jobless. Why do you think this happens ? Can there be ways of improving technology without creating unemployment for workers?

‘The workers who produced in the factories, had no property but they are crucial in production’ – Who among the following said this? A) Bobeff B) Thomas Moor C) Engels, Marx D) Saint Simon

Russian Revolution took place in A) 1950 B) 1935 C) 1920D) 1917

Civil Rights movement was held in A) USA B) France C) Russia D) China

Production is a family. Said by A) Friedrich Engels B) Karl Marx C) Luther D) Saint Simon

What was spinning Jenny?

What was the main difference between Marx and the earlier socialists?

What is Luddism?

Which of the given demands is not related to Luddism? A) Right to form trade unions B) Right to break the machines C) Demanded a minimum wage D) Control over the labour of women and children

Why did Marx consider factory production as superior and desirable?

Identify the item which is in the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen: i) Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. ii) Liberty consists of the power to do whatever is not injurious to others. A) Both are exist. B) (i) only exists C) (ii) only exists D) None of these

In which year French Revolution was held? A) 1795 B) 1793C) 1789 D) 1791

The aim of Luddism was A) Merely a backward – looking assaulton machines B) Minimum wage, work for those who had lost their jobs. C) Control over the labour of women and children and the right to form trade unions. D) All the above.

Who discovered the sea route to central America in 1492 A.D.? A) Edmund B) Erasmus C) Columbus D) Magillan

Who discovered the sea route to India in 1498 AD? A) Columbus B) Vasco da Gama C) Magillan D) Erasmus

French women protested against this. A) Separate declaration of Right of women B) Polygamy C) Child labour D) Infancy

Who discovered the sea route to India?

Which European nation in 16th Century a ‘Sea born empire’ over the Indian Ocean? A) SpainB) Holland C) Britain D) Portugal

Who sent the expeditions to find out sea routes?

The canal builder James Brindley was almost A) A business man B) Illiterate C) Teacher D) Sailor

Write about early workers movements in England.

Identify the wrong pairA) Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright – First Aeroplane B) Henry Ford – Ford Car C) Rudolf Diesel – Diesel EngineD) Eliwhitey – Telegraph

Qualitative textiles were manufactured by A) Mule B) Greaves C) Spinning Jenny D) None of these

If first wave of feminism was focused on Right to vote, the second wave of feminism was focused on A) Education and health B) Industrialisation C) Investment D) For exploration of markets

Capitalism means A) Private ownership B) Public ownership C) Joint stock companies D) Workers control

Every one who contributes to the ……. of a good is entitled to a share in it. A) Industries B) Resources C) Distribution D) Production

Define luddism.

In the opinion of Karl Marx and Friedric Engels, Capitalism is: A. A progressive force in history. B. An exploitative system that alienates both capitalists and workers from their humanity. A) Both A and B B) Neither A nor B C) A only D) B only

Who wanted to discover sea routes?

“Declaration of Rights of Men” was prepared by French Revolutionaries in A) 1791 B) 1780 C) 1750 D) 1789

Why the idea of socialism was appreciable? Write your views.

The puddling furnace and rolling mill was invented by A) Cart Wright B) Setephenson C) DerbyD) Henry Cort

Identify the odd one from the given below.1. James WattSteam Engine2. 1825First Railway line3. Rail EngineStephenson4. Air pollutionTyphoidA) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4

Which of the following is invented by Cart Wright? A) Printing press B) TelegraphC) Water powered Loom D) First aeroplane

Spinning Jenny was invented by A) John Kay B) Rudolf Diesel C) James HargreavesD) Henry Ford

The following was invented by Richard Arkwright A) Spinning Frame B) Rice mill C) Mule D) None of these

At first who invented the field guns and Railway Wagons? A) Victor B) Georgia C) OrwellD) Krupp’s family

Since which year onwards the weavers began to demand a legal minimum wage. A) 1700 B) 1650 C) 1790 D) 1750

Define revolutionaries.

Define the term capitalism.

What is feminism?

Write any two principles of Socialism?

The first Indian cloth mill was setup in 1850 in: A) Mumbai B) Ahmedabad C) Gandhi Nagar D) Surat Arrange the incidents given below in the chronological order

Which country is called work shop of the world?A) France B) England C) America D) Russia

Match the following.1. Steam enginea. Columbus2. Americab. James Watt3. Pukka roadsc. Me AdamA) 1 – b, 2 – a, 3 – c B) 1 – a, 2 – c, 3 – b C) 1 – a, 2 – b, 3 – c D) 1 – c, 2 – b, 3 – a

Steam engine was invented byA) James Watt B) Edward C) Eli Whitney D) Cartil

Water pollution causes the following diseases A) Fever B) Cholera, typhoid C) Cancer D) None of these

Who were Luddists? Mention any one demand of the Luddists.