Class 8th Social Science MCQ

Q1. Name the person who invented Spinning Jenny?
1. Andrew Kay.
2. Thomas Kay.
3. James Kay.
4. John Kaye.

Ans: 4. John Kaye.
Q2. ________ is a fine Muslin cloth that British traded in Bengal.
1. Jamdani.
2. Sabya.
3. Cotton.
4. Synthetic cloth.

Ans: 1. Jamdani.
Q3. Specialized block prints used by weavers was known as:
1. Tanti
2. Chhipigars
3. Rangrez
4. Solvyns

Ans: 2. Chhipigars
Q4. _______ invented spinning jenny.
1. John Kaye.
2. Ethan Clive.
3. Richard Penn.
4. Esther Mills.

Ans: 1. John Kaye.
Q5. The first cotton mill in India was established in:
1. Gujarat
2. Bombay
3. Madras
4. West Bengal

Ans: 2. Bombay.
Q6. ________ in the flag made of Khadi represents India.
1. Chakra
2. Saffron
3. White
4. Green

Ans: 1. Chakra
Q7. ______ weavers were worst hit as European textiles started overthrowing Indian textiles at many
places.
1. Bengal
2. Surat
3. Benaras
4. Lahore

Ans: 1. Bengal
Q8. Which of the following was woven in Surat, Ahmedabad and Patan and valued in Indonesia?
1. Patola.
2. Muslin.
3. Calico.
4. Jamdani.

Ans: 1. Patola.
Q9. _________ had large scale Dutch settlements in the 17th century.
1. Cochin
2. Calicut
3. Madras
4. Surat

Ans: 1. Cochin
Q10. Portuguese first came to India in search of.
1. Cotton.
2. Spices.
3. Steel.
4. Muslin.

Ans: 2. Spices.
Q11. The first cotton mill of India was established in Bombay in _______.
1. 1854
2. 1856
3. 1860
4. 1850

Ans: 1. 1854
Q12. _______ was woven in Surat and Ahmedabad and was highly valued in Indonesia.
1. Patola.
2. Muslin.
3. Bombay Dyeing.
4. Paithani.

Ans: 1. Patola.
Q13. Which type of cloth considers Chintz, cossaes, khassa, bandanna?
1. Silk cloth.
2. Jute cloth.
3. Cotton coloured cloth.
4. Printed cotton cloth.

Ans: 4. Printed cotton cloth.
Q14. Few handloom workers who lost their job, started working in cotton mills of _____ and Ahmedabad.
1. Kanpur
2. Delhi
3. Lahore
4. Peshawar

Ans: 1. Kanpur
Q15. The cheap textiles imported from _____ gave stiff competition to Indian textiles.
1. Britain
2. China
3. Ceylon
4. Africa

Ans: 1. Britain
Q16. __________ cloth had a large market in Europe.
1. Chintz.
2. Patola.
3. Jamdani.
4. None of these.

Ans: 1. Chintz.
Q17. TISCO came up in the city of _____.
1. Bhilai
2. Jamshedpur
3. Surat
4. Mumbai

Ans: 2. Jamshedpur
Q18. Among the following, which place in Bengal was the important centre of Jamdani weaving?
1. Chittagong.
2. Shillong.
3. Lucknow.
4. Dacca.

Ans: 4. Dacca.
Q19. Name the important weavers of Northern India from the following list.
1. Sale.
2. Devangs.
3. Julahas.
4. aikollar.

Ans: 3. Julahas.
Q20. _______ weavers belonged to South India.
1. Julaha
2. Momin
3. Kaikollars
4. Tanti

Ans: 3. Kaikollars
Q21. In which place in present day Iraq did the European trader’s first encountered fine cotton from India
carried by Arab merchants?
1. Basra.
2. Mosul.
3. Tekri.
4. Baghdad.

Ans: 2. Mosul.
Q22. Which place in India had one of the finest ores in the world?
1. Raniganj.
2. Jharia.
3. Rajhara Hills.
4. None of the above.

Ans: 3. Rajhara Hills.
Q23. Before 1750, ____ was the largest producer of cotton textiles in the world.
1. India
2. Britain
3. Burma
4. China

Ans: 1. India
Q24. Cotton was grown mainly on _____ soil in Western India.
1. Alluvial
2. Red
3. Black
4. Rocky

Ans: 3. Black
Q25. Bandanna is derived from the word bandhana. which one would be the most appropriate meaning of
the word Bandanna?
1. Any bright coloured dress.
2. A shirt.
3. A woollen shawl.
4. A bright coloured scarf for the neck or head.

Ans: 4. A bright coloured scarf for the neck or head.
Q26. Who invented the spinning jenny?
1. Richard Ark Wright.
2. James Hargreaves.
3. James Thomas.
4. None of these.

Ans: 2. James Hargreaves.
Q27. Apart from the English, who were the other traders who benefitted and traded the Indian textiles?
1. Dutch and French.
2. Greek and Chinese.
3. Chinese.
4. West Indians.

Ans: 1. Dutch and French.
Q28. ________ were mainly using the Surat coast for trade until late 18th century.
1. French
2. Chinese
3. Dutch
4. Portugese

Ans: 3. Dutch
Q29. ________ is a Persian term for warehouse.
1. Mahal.
2. Aurang.
3. Rangrez.
4. Cold storage.

Ans: 2. Aurang.
Q30. ______ was a major centre of silk production as Company had started trading in India.
1. Benaras
2. Sangner
3. Madura
4. Ceylon

Ans: 1. Benaras
Q31. The Europeans started using the term Chintz, derived from the Hindi word Chhint. What is the
meaning of Chhint?
1. A weaver.
2. A cloth made of silk.
3. A cloth with small and colourful flowery designs.

4. An order ready to be shipped to Britain.
Ans: 3. A cloth with small and colourful flowery designs.
Q32. In which century did the India’s textile industry decline?
1. 17th century.
2. 18th century.
3. 19th century.
4. 20th century.

Ans: 3. 19th century.
Q33. Printed cotton textiles were banned in England in ____ after widespread protests from local weavers.
1. 1725
2. 1720
3. 1721
4. 1722

Ans: 2. 1720
Q34. Women and men who carried basket loads of iron ore on their heads were called.
1. Wootz.
2. Agaria.
3. Bandanna.
4. Cossaes.

Ans: 2. Agaria.
Q35. _______ weavers were based in North India.
1. Tanti
2. Momin
3. Devang
4. Harijan

Ans: 2. Momin
Q36. Mechanized production of which textiles made Britain the foremost industrial nation in the 19th
century?
1. Cotton.
2. Silk.
3. Mining.
4. Chemical.

Ans: 1. Cotton.
Q37. Why was the Indian textiles popular?
1. By its fine quality.
2. By its cheap price.
3. By its fine quality and exquisite craftsmanship.
4. By its exquisite craftsmanship.

Ans: 3. By its fine quality and exquisite craftsmanship.
Q38. By the early 18th century, who were worried about the Indian cotton textiles and popularity in
England and started protesting?
1. Traders in England.
2. Wool and Silk makers in India.
3. Wool and Silk makers in India.
4. Wool and Silk makers in England.

Ans: 4. Wool and Silk makers in England.
Q39. British named ______ as Muslin since they came across it for the first time in Mosul, Iraq.
1. Pepper
2. Cardamom
3. Cotton
4. Silk
Ans: 3. Cotton
Q40. As their work dried up, few weavers went on to work in plantations of ______.
1. Australia
2. Japan
3. America
4. Europe

Ans: 3. America
Q41. Who are Agaria?
1. Person carrying Cotton.
2. Person carrying wood.
3. Person carrying iron ore.
4. None of these.

Ans: 3. Person carrying iron ore.
Q42. It is believed that the word calico is derived from the name of a particular place in Kerala. Identify the
place.
1. Calicut.
2. Cochin.
3. Chittur..
4. Cannanore.

Ans: 1. Calicut.
Q43. Wootz steel was manufactured in _______.
1. Java
2. Mysore
3. Poona
4. Malabar

Ans: 2. Mysore
Q44. The East India Company sent to its representatives an order book in 1730 with a list. How many
varieties of cotton and silk orders were in that order book?
1. 98
2. 220
3. 158
4. 125

Ans: 1. 98
Q45. _______ on the West coast was one of the important sources of trade from Indian Ocean in the early
17th century.
1. Bombay
2. Surat
3. Kozhikode
4. Kandla

Ans: 2. Surat
Q46. Wootz steel was produced all over:
1. South India.
2. North India.
3. Central India.
4. North-east India.

Ans: 1. South India.
Q47. ______ saw its first cotton mill in 1861.
1. Delhi
2. Cochin
3. Ahemdabad
4. Madras
Ans: 3. Ahemdabad
Q48. Name the important weavers of Southern India from the following list:
1. Tanti, Julahas, Momin.
2. Sale, Kaikollar and Devangs.
3. Kaikollar, Devangs and Tanti.
4. Julahas, Kaikollar and Devangs.

Ans: 2. Sale, Kaikollar and Devangs.
Q49. TISCO expanded steel production during the:
1. First World War.
2. Second World War.
3. Third World War.
4. None of these.

Ans: 1. First World War.
Q50. In Western India, _____ emerged as one of the important sources of weaving during the late 19th
century.
1. Sholapur
2. Madurai
3. Bombay
4. Kolhapur

Ans: 1. Sholapur
Q51. Bandana patterns were mostly produced in:
1. Rajasthan and Gujarat.
2. Rajasthan and Orissa.
3. Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
4. Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.

Ans: 1. Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Q52. Michael Faraday spent four years in studying:
1. The property of Indian steel.
2. The ancient Indian culture.
3. The properties of Indian Wootz.
4. Tone of these.

Ans: 3. The properties of Indian Wootz.
Q53. The dyer used to dye threads by weavers of India was known as:
1. Checks
2. Rangarez
3. Chhipigars
4. Solvyns

Ans: 2. Rangarez
Q54. During 18th century, Chintz was manufactured in:
1. Madura
2. Goa
3. Ahmedabad
4. Pulicat

Ans: 3. Ahmedabad
Q55.
Around 1750, before British conquered Bengal, India was by far the world’s largest producer of this.
Which one of the following options will replace the term this here?
1. Cotton textiles.
2. Cement.
3. Paper.
4. Coffee.
Ans: 1. Cotton textiles.
Q56. Kanpur had its first cotton mill in ______.
1. 1862
2. 1865
3. 1861
4. 1860

Ans: 3. 1861
Q57. Tipu sultan’s sword is made up of which metal?
1. Wood.
2. Wootz.
3. Glass.
4. None of these.

Ans: 2. Wootz.
Q58. Name the household spinning instruments.
1. Aurang.
2. Charkha and Takli.
3. Rangrez.
4. Chhipigars.

Ans: 2. Charkha and Takli.
Q59. In 1854, the first cotton mill came up in _____.
1. Surat
2. Kanpur
3. Bombay
4. Madras

Ans: 3. Bombay
Q60. By 1830s, _____ cotton clothes had outnumbered the Indian cotton clothes.
1. British
2. Scottish
3. African
4. Chinese

Ans: 1. British
Q61. ________ was done mostly by women.
1. Colouring
2. Spinning
3. Farming
4. Labouring

Ans: 2. Spinning
Q62. ________ adopted tricolour made up of Khadi as our national flag in 1931.
1. Indian National Congress.
2. Swarajya Party.
3. Forward Block.
4. Communist Party.

Ans: 1. Indian National Congress.
Q63. _______ was the first state in India where East India Company had managed to get power.
1. Bengal.
2. Central Province.
3. Malabar.
4. Mysore.

Ans: 1. Bengal.
Q64. As its industry grew in 18th century, _____ came to be known as ‘workshop of the world‘.
1. France
2. Britain
3. Portugal
4. Holland

Ans: 2. Britain
Q65. A few statements pertaining to the weavers of India are given below. Identify the one that is not True
with respect to the weavers.
1. Weavers often belonged to the communities that specialized in weaving.
2. Weaving provided livelihood for many Indians.
3. The tanti weavers, julahas are some of the important weavers.
4. Weaving skills were not passed on from one generation to another.

Ans: 4. Weaving skills were not passed on from one generation to another.
Q66. _______ invented steam engine.
1. John Mills.
2. Robert Louis.
3. Richard Arkwright.
4. Warren Kaye.

Ans: 2. Robert Louis.
Q67. Dacca was a prominent centre for:
1. Checks.
2. Muslin.
3. Plain White.
4. Bandhagala.

Ans: 3. Plain White.
Q68. Name the legislation in 1720 banning the use of printed cotton textiles chintz in England.
1. Silk Act.
2. Calico act.
3. Bandanna Act.
4. Chintz Act

Ans: 2. Calico act.
Q69. When its ________________________ industry started growing from the 1850s, Britain came to be
known as the workshop of the world.
1. Silk.
2. Paper.
3. Cement.
4. Iron and Steel.

Ans: 4. Iron and Steel.
Q70. Printed cotton textiles were known as ____ in England.
1. Chintz
2. Odhni
3. Bandhana
4. Muslin

Ans: 1. Chintz
Q71. The job of a rangrez was to:
1. Weave cloth.
2. Dye thread.
3. Transport goods to the markets.
4. Spin thread on the charkha.

Ans: 2. Dye thread.
Q72. _____ was a major centre of weaving in 18th century Madhya Pradesh.
1. Bhopal
2. Burhanpur
3. Nimach
4. Gwaliar

Ans: 1. Burhanpur
Q73. ______ became the symbol of nationalism in India during the freedom movement.
1. Muslin
2. Silk
3. Khadi
4. Cotton

Ans: 3. Khadi
Q74. Name the place in Eastern Bengal, in present day Bangladesh, famous for its textile centre in the 18th
century.
1. Kishoreganj.
2. Jessore.
3. Dacca.
4. Puthia.

Ans: 3. Dacca.
Q75. Which one of the following does Muslin refer to?
1. A type of coffee.
2. A fine cotton fabric.
3. A piece of metal.
4. A type of cultivation.

Ans: 2. A fine cotton fabric.
Q76. One of the most important Indian ports of the 17th century.
1. Bombay
2. Madras
3. Surat
4. Vishakhapatnam

Ans: 3. Surat.
Q77. Tipu Sultan’s sword was made of.
1. Stainless steel.
2. Wootz.
3. Silver.
4. None of the above.

Ans: 2. Wootz.
Q78. During the 18th century, cotton was exported to ____ and England from Bombay.
1. Japan
2. Java
3. China
4. Africa

Ans: 3. China
Q79. Name the machine that increased the productivity of the traditional spindles in textile industry:
1. Spinning engine.
2. Flying shuttle.
3. Steam engine.
4. Spinning Jenny.

Ans: 4. Spinning Jenny.