Who among the following first used the term Industrial Revolution in English to describe the changes that occurred in British industrial development between 1760 and 1820 ?

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Q: 71 (NDA-I/2018)
Who among the following first used the term ‘Industrial Revolution’ in English to describe the changes that occurred in British industrial development between 1760 and 1820 ?

question_subject: 

History

question_exam: 

NDA-I

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0,17,21,6,8,17,7

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{'industrial revolution': [1, 0, 1, 13], 'british industrial development': [0, 0, 0, 2], 'friedrich engels': [0, 0, 0, 2], 'karl marx': [2, 0, 2, 2], 'georges michelet': [0, 0, 0, 2], 'arnold toynbee': [0, 0, 0, 3]}

Option 1: Karl Marx is not the correct answer. Although Marx was a prominent economist and philosopher during the time of the Industrial Revolution, he did not use the term `Industrial Revolution` to describe the changes in British industrial development.

Option 2: Georges Michelet is not the correct answer. Georges Michelet was a French historian, and there is no evidence to suggest that he used the term `Industrial Revolution` to describe the changes in British industrial development.

Option 3: Arnold Toynbee is the correct answer. Arnold Toynbee, an economic historian, is credited with being the first to use the term `Industrial Revolution` in English to describe the changes in British industrial development between 1760 and 1820. Toynbee`s work focused on the social and economic impact of the industrial changes during this period.

Option 4: Friedrich Engels is not the correct answer. Although Engels was a close collaborator of Karl Marx and wrote extensively on industrialization and the working class, there is no evidence to suggest that he used the term `Industrial Revolution` to describe the changes in British industrial development.

In conclusion, the correct answer is option 3. Arnold Toynbee was the first to use the term `Industrial Revolution` in English to