Which industry in London did not employ large number of people in the 19th century?
(i) Factories in Manchester started producing cotton textiles for the domestic market. (ii) The government put more import duties on the textile coming from India, to encourage the local industries. As...
1 Answers 1 views(i) Industrialisation changed the form of urbanisation in the modern period. (ii) The early industrial cities of Britain such as leeds and Manchester attracted large number of migrants to the textile...
1 Answers 1 viewsNew readers in the 19th century included children, women and workers. (i) As primary education became compulsory in the late 19th century, children became an important category of readers. School textbooks...
1 Answers 1 viewsUnderground railways were able to solve transport problems as well as housing crisis. (i) The underground railways carried a large number of people to and from London and solved the transport...
1 Answers 1 viewsSources of attraction: (i) Very cheap small books were brought to market in the 19th century. (ii) Public libraries were set up to give an easy access to books. (iii) Kashibaba of Kanpur...
1 Answers 1 viewsThe population of London multiplied fourfold in the 70 years between 1810 and 1880 increasing from 1 million to 4 million. (i) London was a powerful magnet for migrant population, even...
1 Answers 1 viewsCauses: (i) Huge population depended on dung and wood as fuel in their daily life. (ii) The industries and establishments that used steam engines were run on coal. (iii) In 1855, the...
1 Answers 1 viewsThe answer is (D) Reformers
1 Answers 1 views(a) motor car industry
1 Answers 1 views(a) Textiles industry
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