MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

   MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :   (MCQ’s)

1.  _________ and __________trading ships began using Surat ports of the Indian Ocean trade .

(a) Dutch and English
(b) Mumbai and Chennai
(c) America and Africa
(d) None of these

2.  In nineteenth century _________ of cotton textiles made Britain the foremost industrial nation .

(a) Mechanised production
(b) Labour intensive technique
(c) Semi−skilled intensive technique
(d) Workshop of the world

3.  When Iron and steel industry started growing from 1850s Britain was known as _________ .

(a) Power of world
(b) Techno-skilled
(c) Workshop of the world
(d) None of these

4.  __________ country became the world’s largest producer of cotton around 1750 .

(a) India
(b) England
(c) Europe
(d) Bangladesh

5.  Arab merchants in Iraq carried cotton cloth from ________ .

(a) India
(b) England
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Europe

6.  The Portuguese first landed at _________ place in India .

(a) Mumbai
(b) Surat
(c) Calicut
(d) None of these

7.  To compete with the Indian textile industry, a technological innovation took place in ________ .

(a) England
(b) India
(c) France
(d) Britain

8.  ____________ gradually became the symbol of nationalism .

(a) Khadi
(b) Charkha
(c) Patriotic
(d) Silk

9.  The first cotton mill was setup in India as spinning mill in the year ________.

(a) 1854
(b) 1954
(c) 1805
(d) 1812

10.  The Tata iron and steel company (TISCO) that came up began producing steel in ____________ .

(a) 1912
(b) 1916
(c) 1915
(d) 1918

11.  _____________ had one of the finest ores in the world .

(a) Rajhara hills
(b) Himalayas
(c) Ooty hills
(d) Bihar

12.  The Tanti weavers were from _____________ .

(a) Bengal
(b) Bihar
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Ooty hills

13.  The charkha placed on the centre of tricolour flag was adopted in ___________ .

(a) 1940
(b) 1931
(c) 1941
(d) 1976

14.  Tipu Sultan ruled upto _____________ in Mysore .

(a) 1799
(b) 1899
(c) 1791
(d) 1876

15.  _____________ held Charles Weld and Dorabji Tata to find iron ore industry.

(a) Agarias
(b) Britishers
(c) Adivasis
(d) Nomads

16.  The word ‘Chintz’ comes from the word _____________ .

(a) Printed cotton textiles
(b) Nylon textiles
(c) Printed muslin cloth
(d) None of these
 
17. Women and men who carried basket loads of iron ore on their heads were called ____
(a) wootz
(b) agaria
(c) bandanna
(d) cossaes
 
Answers:
1. (a) Dutch and English
2. (a) Mechanised production
3. (c) Workshop of the world
4. (a) India
5. (a) India
6. (c) Calicut
7.(a) England
8. (a) Khadi
9. (a) 1854
10. (a) 1912
11. (a) Rajhara hills
12. (a) Bengal
13. (b) 1931
14. (a) 1799
15. (a) Agarias
16. (a).Printed cotton textiles
17. (b) Agaria
18. (a) First World War
19. (b) Spices
20. (c) Cotton textile
21. (b) Wootz
22.(d) Agaria
23.(c) Rajhara Hills
24.(b) John Kaye
25.(a) Havelis