The first spinning and weaving mill of Madras began production by

• 1774

• 1874

• 1764

• 1864

Why did some industrialists in nineteenth century Europe prefer hand labour over machines?

How did the East India Company procure regular supplies of cotton and silk textiles from Indian weavers?

Imagine that you have been asked to write an article for an encyclopaedia on Britain and the history of cotton. Write your piece using information from the entire chapter.

Why did industrial production in India increase during the First World War?

Select any one industry in your region and find out its history. How has the technology changed? Where do the workers come from? How are the products advertised and marketed? Try and talk to the employers and some workers to get their views about the industry's history.

Which was the first modern industrial nation of the world?

Industrial Revolution referred to

Why could not the merchants expand production within towns in Britain?

The early phase of industrialisation, in which large scale production was carried out for industrial market, not at factories but in decentralised production unit, was referred to as:

By the beginning of nineteenth century, Indian textile exports: