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  • 1. 
    ................ cloth had a large market in Europe.

  • Chintz
  • Patola
  • Jamdani
  • None of these

  • 2. 
    Women and men who carried basket loads of iron ore on their heads were called

  • wootz
  • agaria
  • bandanna
  • cossaes

  • 3. 
    In which century did the India’s textile industry decline?

  • 17th century
  • 18th century
  • 19th century
  • 20th century

  • 4. 
    TISCO expanded steel production during the

  • First World War
  • Second World War
  • Third World War
  • None of these

  • 5. 
    Portuguese first came to India in search of

  • cotton
  • spices
  • steel
  • muslin

  • 6. 
    What things did Portuguese take back to Europe?

  • Steel
  • Sugar
  • Cotton textile
  • Coffee

  • 7. 
    Tipu Sultan’s sword was made of

  • stainless steel
  • wootz
  • silver
  • none of these

  • 8. 
    Which of the following was NOT the name of Indian textile ?

  • Chintz
  • Cossaes
  • Calico
  • Agaria

  • 9. 
    Michael Faraday spent four years in studying

  • the property of Indian steel
  • the ancient Indian culture
  • the properties of Indian Wootz
  • none of these

  • 10. 
    Which place in India had one of the finest ores in the world?

  • Raniganj
  • Jharia
  • Rajhara Hills
  • None of these
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