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

1. What things did Portuguese take back to Europe?

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

3. Tipu Sultan’s sword was made of

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

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

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

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

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

9. Name the person who invented Spinning Jenny?

10. Michael Faraday spent four years in studying

11. TISCO expanded steel production during the

12. Portuguese first came to India in search of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. 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?