Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners Class 8 MCQs Questions with Answers

1. Women and men who carried basket loads of iron ore on their heads were called

2. Which place in India had one of the finest ores in the world?

3. Which of the following was NOT the name of Indian textile ?

4. Among the following, which place in Uttar Pradesh was the important centre of Jamdani weaving?

5. Name the machine that increased the productivity of the traditional spindles in textile industry

6. Tipu Sultan’s sword was made of

7. Mechanised production of which textiles made Britain the foremost industrial nation in the 19th century?

8. Portuguese first came to India in search of

9. Bandanna is derived from the word bandhana. which one would be the most appropriate meaning of the word Bandanna?

10. From where did the English word Chintz derive from?

11. Around 1750, before British conquered Bengal, India was by far the world’s largest producer of this. Which one of the following options will replace the term this here?

12. In which place in present day Iraq did the European trader’s first encountered fine cotton from India carried by Arab merchants?

13. In which century did the India’s textile industry decline?

14. What things did Portuguese take back to Europe?

15. Michael Faraday spent four years in studying

16. ……………. cloth had a large market in Europe.

17. TISCO expanded steel production during the

18. The Europeans started using the term Chintz, derived from the Hindi word Chhint. What is the meaning of Chhint?

19. Among the following, which place in Bengal was the important centre of Jamdani weaving?

20. Name the person who invented Spinning Jenny?