CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
History - Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners
1.
Fill in the blanks: Around 1750, India was the worlds largest producer of cotton textile.
2.
What were produced through intricate control of temperatures ?
3.
State True or False: Cotton textiles mills came up in Ahmadabad and Kanpur.
A)
true
B)
false
4.
State True or False: From the 15th century, European trading companies began to buy Indian textiles for sale in Europe.
A)
true
B)
false
5.
What was invented by Richard Arkwright in 1786 ?
6.
State True or False: The word bandanna has come from the Urdu word bandhna which means tying.
A)
true
B)
false
7.
State True or False: The Tata's could find iron and ore deposits in Chhattisgarh, but they could not find a good source of water.
A)
true
B)
false
8.
State True or False: The Spinning Jenny was invented by John Kaye in 1765.
A)
true
B)
false
9.
Fill in the blanks: From the sixteenth century, ____________ companies began to buy Indian textiles for sale in Europe.
10.
State True or False: The Wootz steel making process was completely lost by the mid-17th century.
11.
Fill in the blanks: Iraq was the place where European traders first became aware about fine ____________ from India.
12.
What was being utilized to meet the demands of the war ?
13.
Fill in the blanks: The sword which was made of ____________ used to have very sharp edge with a flowing pattern.
14.
What were usually built of clay and sun-dried bricks ?
15.
What did the word bandhana refer to?
16.
State True or False: The colonial government in India did not provide such protection to local industries.
A)
true
B)
false
17.
State True or False: British textiles were now giving competition to Indian textiles in the European and American markets.
A)
true
B)
false
18.
Fill in the blanks: The ____________ industry of India faced many problems in the first few decades of its existence.
19.
How many mills were operational in Bombay by 1900?
20.
State True or False: It was during the First World War that there was the first major boost in development of cotton textiles industry in India .
CBSE Class 8 Social Studies Worksheet
History - Weavers, Iron Smelters and Factory Owners
Answers
1.
cotton textiles
2.
Steel ingots were produced through intricate control of temperatures.
3.
Option A
4.
Option B
5.
Steam engine was invented by Richard Arkwright in 1786.
6.
Option B
7.
Option A
8.
Option B
9.
European trading
10.
Choice 2
11.
cotton cloth
12.
Steel produced in Britain was being utilized to meet the demands of the war.
13.
Wootz steel
14.
The furnaces were usually built of clay and sun-dried bricks.
15.
The word bandanna refers to any brightly coloured and printed scarf.
16.
Option A
17.
Option A
18.
textiles
19.
By 1900, over 84 mills were operational in Bombay.
20.
Choice 1
