Development of Industries in India Book Back Questions & Answers
Unit 2 > Social > Class 8 > Samacheer Kalvi - English Medium
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1. Which of the following activities of the people will not come under handy craft?
a) Carving statues out of stone
b) Making bangles with glass
c) Weaving silk sarees
d) Smelting of iron
Correct answer: d) Smelting of iron
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2. The oldest industry in India was industry.
a) Textile
b) Steel
c) Electrical
d) Fertilizers
Correct answer: a) Textile
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3. The woollen and leather factories became prominent in
a) Bombay
b) Ahmadabad
c) Kanpur
d) Dacca
Correct answer: c) Kanpur
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4. What was the aim of first Three Five year Plans of India?
a) To control population growth
b) To reduce illiteracy rate
c) To built a strong industrial base
d) To empower the women
Correct answer: c) To built a strong industrial base
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5. What was not the reason for the decline of Indian Industries?
a) Loss of royal patronage
b) Competition of machine made goods
c) Industrial policy of India
d) Trading policy of British
Correct answer: c) Industrial policy of India
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1. _____was the integral part in the life of the people.
Correct answer: craft
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2. Industrial revolution took place in _____
Correct answer: 1948
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3. The Assam Tea Company was founded in______
Correct answer: 1939
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4. Jute industry was started in the Hoogly Valley at _____near Calcutta.
Correct answer: rishra
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5. ______shortened the distance between Europe and India
Correct answer: suez canal
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1. Tavernier -
Correct answer: French traveller
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2. Dacca
Correct answer: Muslin
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3. Dadabai Naoroji
Correct answer: Drain Theory
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4. Ballygunj
Correct answer: Paper mill
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5. Smiths
Correct answer: Artisan
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1. India was famous for cotton and silk cloths.
Correct answer: TRUE
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2. The railway was introduced in India by the British.
Correct answer: TRUE
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3. Steel was first manufactured by modern methods at Jamshedpur.
Correct answer: FALSE
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4. The industrial policy of 1948, brought mixed economy in industrial sector.
Correct answer: TRUE
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5. The tenth and eleventh five year plans witnessed a high growth rate of Agricultural production
Correct answer: FALSE
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1. Which of the following statements are correct? i) According to Edward Baines, The birth place of cotton manufacture is in England. ii) Before mechanised industry handicrafts was the second largest source of employment in rural India. iii) Saurashtra was known for tin industry. iv) Construction of Suez Canal made the British goods cheaper in India.
a) i and ii are correct
b) ii and iv are correct
c) iii and iv are correct
d) i, ii and iii are correct
Correct answer: b) ii and iv are correct
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2. Assertion (A): Indian handicrafts collapsed under the colonial rule. Reason (R) : British made India as the producer of raw materials and markets for their finished products.
a) A is correct R is correct explanation of A
b) A is correct and R is not the correct explanation of A
c) Both A and R is correct
d) Both A and R is wrong
Correct answer: c) Both A and R is correct
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3. Which one of the following is wrongly matched?
a) Bernier - Shajahan
b) Cotton mill - Ahmadabad
c) TISCO - Jamshedpur
d) Economic - 1980 Liberalisation
Correct answer: d) Economic - 1980 Liberalisation