Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners Class 8 MCQs Questions with Answers
Choose the correct answer:
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Answer: (a) Chintz
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Answer: (b) agaria
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Answer: (c) 19th century
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Answer: (a) First World War
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Answer: (b) spices
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Answer: (c) Cotton textile
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Answer: (b) wootz
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Answer: (d) Agaria
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Answer: (c) the properties of Indian Wootz
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Answer: (c) Rajhara Hills
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Answer: (b) John Kaye
Match the following:
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| (i) Spinning Jenny | (a) A device that can pump air |
| (ii) Aurang | (b) The dump of wastes which is left after smelting metals |
| (iii) Smelting | (c) A process of obtaining a metal from iron ore |
| (iv) Bellows | (d) A fine muslin on which decorative motifs are woven |
| (v) Slag,Heaps | (e) A persian word meaning a warehouse |
| (vi) Jamkani | (f) A machine by which a single worker can handle several spindles for spinning thread |
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| Column A | Column B |
| (i) Spinning Jenny | (f) A machine by which a single worker can handle several spindles for spinning thread |
| (ii) Aurang | (e) A persian word meaning a warehouse |
| (iii) Smelting | (c) A process of obtaining a metal from iron ore |
| (iv) Bellows | (a) A device that can pump air |
| (v) Slag,Heaps | (b) The dump of wastes which is left after smelting metals |
| (vi) Jamkani | (d) A fine muslin on which decorative motifs are woven |
State whether true or false:
1. The Wootz steel making process was widely known in north India.
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Answer: False
2. The importance of Surat declined in the eighteenth century.
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Answer: True
3. Charkha was put at the centre of the tricolour flag of the Indian National Congress adopted in 1931.
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Answer: True
4. Tipu Sultan fought seven wars with British.
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Answer: False
5. Tipu Sultan ruled Mysore till 1812.
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Answer: False
6. During British rule Sugar industry was focussed.
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Answer: False
Fill in the blanks:
1. In the mid-nineteenth century Patola was highly valued in ………………….
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Answer: Indonesia
2. …………………. became the biggest steel industry within the British rule.
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Answer: TISCO
3. The first cotton mill in India was set up in ………………….
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Answer: 1854
4. …………………. slowly became a symbol of nationalism.
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Answer: Khadi
5. Michael Faraday was the discoverer of …………………. and ………………….
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Answer: electricity,electromagnetism.
