Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners Class 8 Quiz

Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners Class 8 Quiz Question with Answer. CBSE Class 8 History Lesson 6 Mock Test.

Question 1:

Who came first in India?

(a) Dutch

(b) British

(c) Portuguese

(d) French

Answer:

(e) Portuguese.

Question 2:

For, what Portuguese came in India?

(a) To ruled

(b) Search of Spices

(c) Both (a) & (b)

(d) None of these

Answer:

(b) Search of spices.

Question 3:

The most important centres of jamdani weaving Dacca in –

(a) China

(b) Bengal

(c) Mumbai

(d) Bihar

Answer:

(b) Bengal.

Question 4:

Who was invented spinning jenny?

(a) John kaye

(b) Richard Arkwright

(c) Thomas

(d) None of these

Answer:

(a) John kaye.

Question 5:

In —— the spinning jenny was invented by john kaye.

(a) 1764

(b) 1664

(c) 1809

(d) 1776

Answer:

(a) 1764.

Question 6:

The —– & the —– were household spinning instruments.

(a) Charkha

(b) Takli

(c) Both (a) & (b)

(d) Spinning jenny

Answer:

(c) Both (a) & (b).

Question 7:

Sholapur in western India & Madura in south India are famous for –

(a) Handloom weaving

(b) Steel plant

(c) Agriculture

(d) None of these

Answer:

(a) Handloom weaving.

Question 8:

Where the first cotton mill in India was set up?

(a) Bengal

(b) Bombay

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Bihar

Answer:

(b) Bombay.

Question 9:

When the first cotton mill in India was set up in Bombay?

(a) 1904

(b) 1854

(c) 1861

(d) 1882

Answer:

(b) 1854.

Question 10:

The first mill in Ahmadabad was started in –

(a) 1861

(b) 1854

(c) 1907

(d) 1881

Answer:

(a) 1861.

Question 11:

Tipu Sultan who ruled —– till 1799 

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Meerut

(c) Mysore

(d) Agra

Answer:

(c) Mysore.