The Industrial Revolution was:

(A) A broad political movement that swept away the old regime in France.
(B) A social revolution that destabilised the Eastern European states.
(C) An economic transformation of the agricultural sector in the United Kingdom.
(D) A socio-economic process that gradually created technology and capital intensive systems of
production.

Answer: (C) An economic transformation of the agricultural sector in the United Kingdom.
The Industrial Revolution was an economic transformation of the agricultural sector in the United Kingdom.

First artificial Satellite was launched by:

(A) United Sates of America
(B) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
(C) Russia
(D) France

Answer: (B) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
First artificial Satellite Sputnik 1 was launched by Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1957.