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Find out the correct statement

i) Trade Unions were formed by labourers to get their rights


ii) Germany’s political setup was the most significant challenge for the industrial revolution


iii) To protect capitalists Karl Marx advocated socialism


iv) There were no natural resources in Germany


i) is incorrect. German trade unions were meant to protect the rights of the manufacturers, and control steep rise in prices.


ii) is correct. Germany was not a single state, but consisted of several nation-states, with Prussia having dominance over wealth and administrative power. This was seen as a major hurdle to industrialisation.


iii) is correct. Karl Marx advocated for scientific socialism to protect the rights of the workers against the mill-owners and bourgeois.


iv) is incorrect. Germany was well bestowed with coal and iron supplies.

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3

Match the following

1. Benz - U.S.A


2. Safety Lamp - Louis Renault


3. Quadricycle – Humphrey Davy


4. Great Railroad – Lancashire Strike


5. Coalfield – Germany


 4 A

Find out the correct statement

i) British mine–owners were faced with the problem of water seeping into their mines


ii) Employing human labour was cheap for this work


iii) Newton invented a steam engine to pump water out of mines


iv) Water had to be removed to get coal in mines


 4 C

Find out the correct statement

Assertion (A): Workers had rights to get holidays.


Reason (R): There were laws to protect the workers.


 4 D

Find out the correct statement

Assertion (A): Slater was called the Father of the American Industrial Revolution.


Reason (R): His spinning textile mill was duplicated and his techniques became popular.