This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > History > Social Science > Class 8 History Chapter 7 Weavers, Iron Smelters And Factory Owners – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 History Chapter 7 Weavers, Iron Smelters And Factory Owners Quiz 2 (36 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When was India was world's largest producer became?, before British conquered Bengal A) 1781. B) 1750. C) 2021. D) 1896. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1750. 2. ..... cloth had a large market in Europe. A) Chintz. B) Patola. C) Jarmadani. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chintz. 3. When Tipu Sultan died? A) 1790. B) 1799. C) 1788. D) 1800. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1799. 4. Which of the following was NOT the name of Indian textile? A) Chintz. B) Cossaes. C) Agency. D) Calico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Agency. 5. The crafts and industries of India during British rule focused on two industries namely, ..... and ..... A) Automobile and iron and steel. B) Textiles and iron and steel. C) Pottery and iron and steel. D) Petroleum and textile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Textiles and iron and steel. 6. Who spent four years studying the properties of Indian Wootz Steel? A) John Kaye. B) Richard Awkwright. C) Francis Buchanan. D) Michael Faraday. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Michael Faraday. 7. What things did Portuguese take back to Europe? A) Sugar. B) Steel. C) Coffee. D) Cotton textile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cotton textile. 8. What were Bellows?? A) A sword. B) Other name for steel. C) Pump. D) Furnace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pump. 9. TISCO that came up began producing steel in ..... A) 1932. B) 1912. C) 1899. D) 1945. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1912. 10. Rich people of England including the Queen herself wore which fabric? (Hint:During the craze started in Europe and England) A) Chintz. B) Calico. C) Muslin. D) Jarmadani. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chintz. 11. Which textile Portuguese name when they landed in Calicut in search of spices? A) Muslin. B) Calicut. C) Calico. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Calico. 12. Sale, Kaikollar and Devangs of South India are some of the communities famous for A) Lizards. B) Spinning. C) Rangrez. D) Weaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Weaving. 13. What is the full form of TISCO? A) Tata Iron and steel company. B) Tipu Iron and steel company. C) Tata information and technology committee. D) Tata Iron and steel committee. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tata Iron and steel company. 14. The first cotton mill in India was set up as a spinning mill in A) Ahmedabad in 1789. B) Sholapur in 1897. C) Bombay in 1854. D) Kanpur in 1901. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bombay in 1854. 15. TISCO is situated on the bank of ..... A) Godavari river. B) But River. C) Kaveri river. D) Gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gold. 16. Who were Agarias? A) Agarias are a community from Chhattisgarh. They were the expert iron smelters in the Chhotanagpur plateau. B) They pointed towards the hill to get Iron ore. C) None of them. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agarias are a community from Chhattisgarh. They were the expert iron smelters in the Chhotanagpur plateau. 17. When British cotton cloth flooded Indian Markets? A) 1830s. B) 1880s. C) 1890s. D) 1840s. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1830s. 18. Scientist who spent four years studying the properties of Indian Wootz? A) Charles Darwin. B) Herbert Spencer. C) Michael Faraday. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Michael Faraday. 19. Tipu Sultan's sword is made up of which material? A) Wood. B) Wootz. C) Glass. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wootz. 20. The first Mill in ..... was started in 1861 (Hint:Focus on the year) A) Kanpur. B) Bombay. C) United Provinces. D) Ahmedabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ahmedabad. 21. The Indian textiles were traded to which of the following regions A) Java. B) Sumatra and Penang. C) West and central Asia. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 22. Why were the Indian textiles popular? A) Fine quality. B) Cheap price. C) Fine quality and exquisite craftsmanship. D) Exquisite craftsmanship. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fine quality and exquisite craftsmanship. 23. Which machine increased productivity of traditional spindles in textile industry? A) Steam engine. B) Flying shuttle. C) Spinning Jenny. D) Spinning Engine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Spinning Jenny. 24. What Arab merchant began referring to all finely woven textiles as ..... (Fill in the Blanks) A) Calico. B) Mosul. C) Muslin. D) Arabi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muslin. 25. ..... refers to any brightly colored and printed scarf for the neck or head. A) Muslin. B) Bandanna. C) Chintz. D) Calico. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bandanna. 26. ..... invented steam engine. A) Robert Louis. B) Richard Arkwright. C) John kaye. D) John mills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Richard Arkwright. 27. The first cotton mill in India was set up in ..... A) Bengaluru. B) Surat. C) Madras. D) Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bombay. 28. Francis Buchanan who toured through Mysore in 1845. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. What is the important centres of Jamdani weaving were in ..... and ..... (Fill In The Blanks) A) Dacca, Bengal. B) Lucknow, United Provinces. C) Both of 1 and 2. D) None of Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of 1 and 2. 30. Steam Engine was invented by ..... in ..... A) John Hargreaves, 1764. B) James Hargreaves, 1746. C) Richard Arkwright, 1786. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard Arkwright, 1786. 31. During British rule Sugar industry was focussed. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 32. Where was Bandanna mostly produced? A) Rajasthan. B) Gujarat. C) Both Rajasthan and Gujarat. D) Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both Rajasthan and Gujarat. 33. ..... and Dorabji Tata were travelling in Chattisgarh in search of iron ore deposits A) Charles Weld. B) John Kaye. C) Jamshethji Tata. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Charles Weld. 34. Tipu Sultan ruled Mysore till 1812. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. When the first cotton mill setup in Bombay? A) 1982. B) 1880. C) 1854. D) 1894. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1854. 36. Important weaving centers of Jamdaani A) Decca and Lucknow. B) Surat and Ahmedabad. C) Patna and Lucknow. D) Decca and Ahmedabad. 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