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  • Question 1
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    The most prosperous Indian Industry was the______industry.
    Solution
    The textile industry was the most prosperous in India. Indian Woollen and silk items were also in huge demand all over the world, and this industry generated massive employment for both skilled and unskilled labour. But with the import of cheap foreign goods by Britishers the Textile industry bean to decline
  • Question 2
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    The first jute mill in India was started in ________.
    Solution

    The first jute mill was established at Rishra, on the River Hooghly near Calcutta in 1855 when Mr. George Acland brought jute spinning machinery from Dundee. Four years later, the first power driven weaving factory was set up.

  • Question 3
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    _______ was a leading industry in India.
  • Question 4
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    _________was the first prominent Indian to establish the iron and steel industry in Jamshedpur.
    Solution
    The first iron and steel plant in India was established in 1907 at Jamshedpur. Initially, it was a small village named Sakchi. It is near the confluence of the rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai in Bihar. It was founded by late Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata. It is also popular as Steel City and TataNagar or simply Tata. 
    The correct answer is A.
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    Who among the following created the first cotton-mill?
    Solution
    Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He began construction of his first machine called Arkwright’s water frame produced a cotton yarn in 1764. Later he constructed a horse-driven spinning mill at Preston - the first of many.He is considered the father of the modern industrial factory system and his inventions were a catalyst for the Industrial Revolution.
  • Question 6
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    The Tata-Iron-Steel company was established in _____.
    Solution
    Tata Iron and Steel Company was founded by Jamshedji Tata and established by Dorabji Tata on 26 August 1907. It has been recognized as one of the largest steel manufacturers and suppliers of steel products. It is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and a subsidiary of the Tata Group.
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    Which of the following goods was traded from Bombay port?
    Solution
    From the early nineteenth century, Bombay had grown as an important port for the export of raw cotton from India to England and China. It was close to the vast black soil tract of western India where cotton was grown. When the cotton textile mills came up they could get supplies of raw material with ease.
  • Question 8
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    Kowasjee Nanabhoy set up the first cotton mill at ______ .
    Solution
    The first cotton mill to be established by Cowasjee Nanabhoy was in Mumbai on 7 July 1854. The mill was called Bombay Spinning and Weaving Company. It was India’s first steam-powered textile mill. The mill started production on 7 February 1856 under the supervision of British engineers and skilled cotton operatives.
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    Wootz steel originated in which of the following countries?

    Solution
    Ancient Indian steel was called as wootz steel. It had a uniform composition of 1–1.6% carbon and could be heated and shaped into bars and used in making articles like swords. It originated in India from around 6th century BC.
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    The percentage of carbon in wootz steel is _____.

    Solution

    Wootz Steel is produced by a method known in ancient India. The process involved preparation of porous iron, hammering it while hot to release slag, breaking it up and sealing it with wood chips in a clay container, and heating it until the pieces of iron absorbed carbon from the wood and melted. The steel thus produced had a uniform composition of 1–1.6% carbon and could be heated and forged into bars for later use in fashioning articles, such as the famous medieval Damascus swords.

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